sustainable development: biosphere: atmosphere: hydrosphere: lithosphere: flow: cycle: system:
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Sustainable Development:
Biosphere:
Atmosphere:
Hydrosphere:
Lithosphere:
Flow:
Cycle:
System:
Resources:- Stocks
- Renewable
- Nonrenewable
1. Aluminum A. It can take 700 gallons of water to make.
2. Cotton B. Making it generates 4,500 times its weight in waste.
3. Cheeseburger C. So energy intensive it is called "congealed electricity."
4. Newsprint D. 10 percent of world pesticides used on it.
5. Computer chip E. The U.S. consumes 40 percent of the world supply.
Human-Environmental Interactions:
Human Driving Forces:
Human Activities:
Environmental Change:
- Direct Biological Interference
- Energy/Material Redistribution
- Pollution
- Transboundary Effects
- La Paz Zone
Adverse Human and Natural Consequences:
IPAT:
ROMANIA
HI
LO
EN
VIR
ON
ME
NT
AL
DA
MA
GE
LO HIAFFLUENCE
“Feed” + Evapotranspiration
Amu Darya
Syr Darya
Kara Kum
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