Cultural relativism. World Heritage in Danger. Environmental sociology. Environmental sociology is typically defined as the sociological study of societal-environmental interactions, although this definition immediately presents the perhaps insolvable problem of separating human cultures from the rest of the environment.
Although the focus of the field is the relationship between society and environment in general, environmental sociologists typically place special emphasis on studying the social factors that cause environmental problems, the societal impacts of those problems, and efforts to solve the problems. In addition, considerable attention is paid to the social processes by which certain environmental conditions become socially defined as problems. History[edit] Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster - Amanda Spake. UNNATURAL DISASTER: THE LESSONS OF KATRINA. Worldwatch Projects Catastrophe Will Be Most Costly Weather-Related Disaster in History Washington, D.C. – The overwhelming human and financial impacts of Hurricane Katrina are powerful evidence that political and economic decisions made in the United States and other countries have failed to account for our dependence on a healthy resource base, according to an assessment released today by the Worldwatch Institute.
Alteration of the Mississippi River and the destruction of wetlands at its mouth have left the area around New Orleans abnormally vulnerable to the forces of nature. According to many scientists, the early results of global warming—90 degree Fahrenheit water temperatures in the Gulf and rising sea levels—may have exacerbated the destructive power of Katrina. “The catastrophe now unfolding along the U.S. Gulf Coast is a wake-up call for decision makers around the globe,” says Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin. Christopher Flavin, Worldwatch Institute President: Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster - Projects. Haiti's Unnatural Disaster. Haiti has been beaten down by storms and abandoned by its neighbors, and its suffering will only increase unless the world community responds.
Paul Farmer wrote the article below just after four hurricanes hit Haiti within a 30-day span in 2008. His analysis of the island's vulnerability to natural disasters sheds light on challenges facing Haiti in the wake of earthquake that hit the country on January 12, 2010. About the Author Paul Farmer. Unnatural disaster. Of all the images associated with the occupied Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, extreme hunger is not the first to leap to mind.
It is more likely to be the usual television pictures of tanks and guns, angry crowds and stone-throwing youths. But according to UN figures, children in Gaza are today as seriously malnourished as children in Congo and Zimbabwe. It is true that violence is commonplace. News in Science - Australians share blame for Hungarian cyanide disaster - An Australian mining company has been implicated in Hungary's worst ever environmental disaster.
Hungarian officials estimate that ten tonnes of fish have died and drinking water for 2.5 million people has been contaminated this week after cyanide from a tailings dam found its way into Hungary's second largest river, the Tisza. Two incidents at the Baia Mare gold mine in Romania led to the pollution.
On January 31 after heavy rain and snow, a tailings dam burst its banks. Haiti: Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel. Homepage of Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D., Anthropology. View this page at its new location.
Note that you can view and download my detailed guide to ethnography and ethnographic fieldwork including lists of questions and tips for fieldwork notes. Schedule, Parades & Entertainment. Mardi Gras in Jefferson Mardi Gras is called "the biggest party on Earth" and Jefferson Parish is inviting you to that party!
Spanning over two sides of the Mississippi River, the East Bank and the West Bank, Jefferson Parish offers Mardi Gras fun wherever you may be located. Gulf economy worth over $230 billion - May. 30, 2010. By Steve Hargreaves, senior writerJune 1, 2010: 8:38 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As efforts to plug the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico continue to fall short, the stakes for the region's economy grow ever higher.
The numbers being batted around when it comes to how much the oil spill will ultimately cost BP and the local Gulf of Mexico economies are huge. $3 billion. $14 billion. One politician put it at over $100 billion. The range is so big because two important questions remain unanswered: When will the leak be sealed, and will most of the oil wash ashore? But there have been studies done looking at what's broadly at stake, and the number is quite large. The four biggest industries in the Gulf of Mexico are oil, tourism, fishing and shipping, and they account for some $234 billion in economic activity each year, according to a 2007 study done by regional scholars and published by Texas A&M University Press.
Ecological systems theory. Ecological systems theory, also called development in context or human ecology theory, identifies five environmental systems with which an individual interacts.
This theory provides the framework from which community psychologists study the relationships with individuals' contexts within communities and the wider society. Ecological systems theory was developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner. The futility of global thinking. Global governance. Global governance or world governance is a social movement toward political integration of transnational actors aimed at solving problems that affect more than one state or region when there is no power of enforcing compliance.
Project MUSE - Katrina: Too Much Blame, Not Enough Responsibility. If New Orleans Were a Person - Joie d'Eve - August 2013. Aug 23, 201308:51 AM Joie d'Eve Living, loving, laughing, and learning in the new New Orleans Eve Kidd Crawford When I was in college, describing New Orleans to my Midwestern friends, I used to compare it to my loveable drunk uncle: It was fun but not really functional – definitely the kind of person you would want to bring along for vacation but definitely not the kind of person you would want as a lab partner.
My uncle makes me laugh a lot, and I love him, but I am not kidding when I say it took him 11 years to get a college degree while going to school full-time. GuLF STUDY. A SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: THEORIES AND METHODS.