Economic Impact on Environmental Geography
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Economic Impact on Environmental Geography
Introduction
Environmental geography is recognized as one of the crucial branches of geography. It is one important prospect of consideration because it is used to define the prevailing connection between human beings and the environment. Today, the importance of approach of environmental geography increased because human interaction with the natural world is expanding over time. This form of geography, also known as integrated geography because it focuses on critically discuss the prevailing connection between humans and the world. Undoubtedly, it is interesting to examine how the increasing role of human beings can influence the overall functioning of the natural environment. Environmental geography, as the crucial form of geography, can be used to understand different dimensions of involvement of humans with the natural environmental systems ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"z73GSa1B","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Chilvers, 2009)","plainCitation":"(Chilvers, 2009)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2046,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/SGHRXHHP"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/SGHRXHHP"],"itemData":{"id":2046,"type":"book","title":"Deliberative and participatory approaches in environmental geography","publisher":"Wiley Online Library","ISBN":"1-4051-5622-8","author":[{"family":"Chilvers","given":"Jason"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2009"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Chilvers, 2009). Proper investigation in the form of environmental geography can be helpful to identify all the environmental issues that appear due to the existence of an improper connection between humans and the surrounding environment. It is vital to observe how different domains in the form of humans’ involvement can cause growing concern for the natural approach of the world. Consideration of the environmental geography further assists to figure out various aspects of environmental politics. It is necessary to critically examine how different paradigms of environmental politics have the tendency to influence the environment. Here the particular aim is to critically analyze the economic impact on environmental geography in the context of the international political scale.
Discussion
Many former research studies in the field of geography made it clear for the world that the natural environment is gradually changing contrasting to its basic functioning. Today’s natural environment is different from the past years. There are many reasons for this particular change in nature and increasing human interaction with the natural world is one of them. It is vital to evaluate how the prospect of integration in different forms can impact the operations of the natural environment.
Concept of Environmental Geography
At the first step, there is a need for examining the actual meaning of the environmental geography. This form of understanding eventually helps to identify the particular factors that impact the operations of the environment when it comes to human integration. The study of environmental geography provides the foundations to understand different components or characteristics of the environment when human beings enhance their interactions with those domains. In other words, the phenomenon of environmental geography is developed to examine various aspects of interrelationships that exist between living organisms and the natural approach of the environment ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"2EgDijPr","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Knox, Marston, & Imort, 2016)","plainCitation":"(Knox, Marston, & Imort, 2016)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2047,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/K9I3ZD9W"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/K9I3ZD9W"],"itemData":{"id":2047,"type":"book","title":"Human geography: Places and regions in global context","publisher":"Pearson New York","ISBN":"1-292-10947-5","author":[{"family":"Knox","given":"Paul L."},{"family":"Marston","given":"Sallie A."},{"family":"Imort","given":"Michael"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Knox, Marston, & Imort, 2016).
Timely assessment of the various components of the earth is integral to identify potential problems. This form of understanding eventually helps to find out possible solutions concerning the protectiveness of the natural world. The main goal of this form of examination is to propose better solutions to different environmental problems. These specific problems can observe in many different forms, such as environmental pollution, natural calamities, waste management, etc.
Economic Impact on Environmental Geography
It is critical to establish how different economic factors at the global level can influence the overall approach of environmental geography. When it comes to the interaction between human beings and the natural environment, then complications of economic aspect can never ignore. The structure of the economy recognized as the major criteria to make inferences about the sustainability approach for the environment. The institutional perspective of geography can never consider complete without focusing on the economic aspects. It is observed that different economic development ultimately impact the functioning of the natural environment in different and crucial forms. Changes in the ecological system can better apprehend through the involvement of an economic perspective in the whole scenario ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"svOKuatE","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Demeritt, 2009)","plainCitation":"(Demeritt, 2009)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2048,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/X2KG78F7"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/X2KG78F7"],"itemData":{"id":2048,"type":"article-journal","title":"From externality to inputs and interference: framing environmental research in geography","container-title":"Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers","page":"3-11","volume":"34","issue":"1","author":[{"family":"Demeritt","given":"David"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2009"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Demeritt, 2009). The concept of environmental geography offers the consideration of modern perspectives that appears in the form of changes in the environment.
Various forms of economic resources are utilized by humans to enhance the integration with the natural environment. The influence of economic approach on the environment is established as a global discourse that comprised of countries’ attempt to influence different characteristics of the natural environment. Nations focus their social, political, and economic policies to effectively handle different concerns that appear in case of the functioning of the environment. The growing concern of climate change can be established as a suitable example to discuss the impact of economic aspects concerning the broad concept of environmental geography. All the countries at the global level actively involve the issue of climate changes. Different measures are adopting by different authorities to ensure the suitable transition of climate change. It is significant to establish how the economic domain impacts the perspective of environmental geography, considering the involvement of humans in different components of the environment. A better understanding of the main topic is only possible by critically examining different associated aspects in a detailed manner.
The Significance of the Topic
Assessment of the actual significance of the economic impact in the context of environmental geography is necessary. It is essential to figure out that different economic decisions can impact the overall approach of the environment. The proper combination of the political and economic domains is established as an essential condition when it comes to addressing different ecological problems. Climate change is characterized as one major concern considering the overall paradigm of environmental geography. Different political and economic developments are adopted by nations to attain the institutional environmental forms in a revolutionary manner ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"yCnED55k","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Dryzek, 1992)","plainCitation":"(Dryzek, 1992)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2043,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/JDXU95GB"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/JDXU95GB"],"itemData":{"id":2043,"type":"article-journal","title":"Ecology and discursive democracy: Beyond liberal capitalism and the administrative state","container-title":"Capitalism Nature Socialism","page":"18-42","volume":"3","issue":"2","author":[{"family":"Dryzek","given":"John S."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1992"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Dryzek, 1992). The phenomenon of climate change defines the issue of global warming that greatly impacts all the regions of the world.
The age of development brings different and crucial forms of changes in the context of the environment. The scenario of growing development cause different changes in the environment that impacts living approaches of human beings. Growing competition between nations about the global ecological systems in the example of the prevailing connection between economic domains and the overall approach of the environmental geography. The growing involvement between humans and the natural environment can identify in the form of climate change. This specific issue recognized as the major threat for the economies operating at a global level. The complication of the issue can appear in further forms such as the rise of sea level and various types of pollution that greatly linked with the economic approach adopted by the countries.
The growing concerns in case of environmental geography increase the interest level of the countries to invest a huge amount of money on the prospect of forecasting. The phenomenon of anticipation of the environmental changes ultimately helps stakeholders to take necessary measures according to the actual requirements. Today, capitalism is established as the recognized economic system adopted by the countries at the global level. This specific approach is closely linked with the changing spectrum of the environment that appears in various forms. Modern forms of environmental, political economy comprised of the requirements of enhancement of environmental goods and new perspective of resource management. Growth and economic development are the major ideas that prevail for the countries in the form of capitalism. It is observed that nations at the global level are greatly interested to invest their resources concerning the objective of economic growth. The increasing trend of economic development at the global level ultimately impact the natural functioning of the environment. Ecological operations are used by the countries as the instrument to enhance the idea of economic development.
The portrayal of Topic on Media
Media is established as the major pillar to discuss different social, economic, and political aspects at both national and internal level. Consideration of the media reports on the issue of economic impact and the environmental geography can be helpful to observe different opinions in this regard. Evaluation of different media narratives helps to identify how the connection of economic impact and environmental geography is described by the entity of media. The knowledge in the form of media reports helps to better understand the phase of development and how it is received by different countries to get an advantage of the global competition ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"pcMZVrVW","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Stanford\\uc0\\u8217{}s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2019)","plainCitation":"(Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2019)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2044,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/FDSGQLUU"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/FDSGQLUU"],"itemData":{"id":2044,"type":"webpage","title":"Climate change has worsened global economic inequality","container-title":"Sciencedaily.com","author":[{"family":"Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences","given":""}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2019"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2019). Environmental issues are actively raised by the media to enhance the awareness about the potential hazards involves in case of growing connection between humans and the natural approach of the environment. It is vital to examine how different forms of human development can cause damage to the environment, and it requires huge financial investment to address these concerns. The important role of the media can examine through the detailed explanation of the issue of climate change. The threats of climate change in the context of economic prospect are under consideration with the objective of saving the natural environment ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"2SSFNeee","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(London School of Economics, 2018)","plainCitation":"(London School of Economics, 2018)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2045,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/KPIQYSCH"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/KPIQYSCH"],"itemData":{"id":2045,"type":"webpage","title":"Economic models significantly underestimate climate change risks","container-title":"Sciencedaily.com","author":[{"family":"London School of Economics","given":""}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2018"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (London School of Economics, 2018). It is established that growing concern of climate change in different forms eventually increases the issue of economic inequality at the global level. The gap between the richest and poorest countries is expanding that is closely relevant to the nations; approaches towards economic development.
Consideration of Relevant Ideologies and Theories
Various researchers adopted different theories to make inferences about the existing association with the economic paradigm and environmental geography. Ecological modernization is the concept that provides an indication of the changing aspects of the environment. The facets of developments are the basic aspects of consideration. It is one emerging idea that reflects the perspectives of environmental change and political paradigms. The ideologies of modernism and development can be used to critically examine the impact of changing the face of environmental geography. The idea of development closely related to the consideration of the technological advancement that ultimately impacts the functioning of the natural environment. The theoretical grounds of modernization makes it essential to critically analyze the idea of development in the context of technological change that is linked with the sensitive perspective of the environment ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"OlZNpsz4","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Christoff, 1996)","plainCitation":"(Christoff, 1996)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2039,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/5C5QG8WZ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/5C5QG8WZ"],"itemData":{"id":2039,"type":"article-journal","title":"Ecological modernisation, ecological modernities","container-title":"Environmental politics","page":"476-500","volume":"5","issue":"3","author":[{"family":"Christoff","given":"Peter"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1996"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Christoff, 1996). Exploration of the prevailing connection between modernity and ecological system is effective theoretical foundations to analyze the economic impact in the scenario of the environment.
Consideration of development theory is vital to make inferences about the facet of ecological sustainability. This form of consideration is essential because the idea of sustainability-related to the economic perspectives of the countries. Development theory is feasible to approach to assess different economic aspects exists in the form of the progress of science, technology, and consumer behavior under the context of ecological modernization. Combination of the modernity and ecology can be a helpful perspective to identify the changing requirements of the environment. This specific phenomenon further helps to examine how these changes influence the operations of the environment in both short-run and long run. This form of understanding also assists to measure the magnitude of the risk that nations have to face in the form of economic and political scenarios ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"QFbPr2OW","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Tol, 2012)","plainCitation":"(Tol, 2012)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2042,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/YH5NTAMN"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/YH5NTAMN"],"itemData":{"id":2042,"type":"article-journal","title":"On the uncertainty about the total economic impact of climate change","container-title":"Environmental and Resource Economics","page":"97-116","volume":"53","issue":"1","author":[{"family":"Tol","given":"Richard SJ"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2012"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Tol, 2012). Application of the development theory is proposed by former researchers to measure the impact of the development on the nations in different social, economic, and political forms. The theoretical foundations of development theory can successfully use to determine the prevailing association between the changing face of the economy of the nation in the context of environmental alterations. Consideration of the economic theory is also vital to explore the potential risks involves in case of new economic approaches. Selection of this theoretical perspective ultimately helps to identify the existing relationship between the economic changes and the broad discipline of environmental geography. The theoretical foundations of the main idea to explore the functioning of different environmental characteristics in the context of increasing human involvement.
Various Debates on the Issue
The approach of economic impact and environmental geography come up with diverse approaches that turned as the debate. The prevailing association between these facets can examine in a different manner. It is observed that the outcomes of the change the ecological system turned as the controversy due to the prevalence of different approaches. The approach of economic impact in the context of environmental geography can examine by focusing on different domains of considerations. The diverse perspectives of the issue can better examine through the example of climate change. There is the existence of a different school of thought when it comes to the exploration of the actual impact of climate change in different political, social, and economic prospects ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"jMnM3N4R","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Hart, 2001)","plainCitation":"(Hart, 2001)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2040,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/HBZ64E63"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/HBZ64E63"],"itemData":{"id":2040,"type":"article-journal","title":"Development critiques in the 1990s: culs de sacand promising paths","container-title":"Progress in Human Geography","page":"649-658","volume":"25","issue":"4","author":[{"family":"Hart","given":"Gillian"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2001"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Hart, 2001). Different researchers adopted different characteristics of environmental geography to discuss the connection between human beings and the natural environment. This domain can also observe in case of the problem of climate change. The global ecosystem perspective comprised of different aspects of consideration that helps to identify the potential impact of political and economic domains.
Relevance to the Power Relation and Broad Economic Phenomenon
It is significant to examine how the approach of the environmental geography linked with the broad form of power relation and the economic phenomenon. Rich countries at global economic level used the prospect of an ecological system to gain as much influence as possible. Currently, the new forms of development used as the instruments by the nations to gain maximum economic share at the global business level ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"aYppTBJT","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sachs, 1997)","plainCitation":"(Sachs, 1997)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2041,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/ESDIFXV2"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/lMSdZ3dY/items/ESDIFXV2"],"itemData":{"id":2041,"type":"book","title":"Development dictionary, The: A guide to knowledge as power","publisher":"Orient Blackswan","ISBN":"81-250-1135-8","author":[{"family":"Sachs","given":"Wolfgang"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1997"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sachs, 1997). Economic development is used as the tool to gain more power at the international political level and influence other nations.
Environmental politics is the growing trend which is considered by economies to make their position strong and enhance the approach of power. Natural resources are used by humans to make their economic and political position strong in the global context. The prospect of environmental geography and the economic impact greatly linked with the great economic domain. This specific association exists at the global level to enhance the overall position by expanding authority. Attainment of different natural resources ultimately increases nations’ position to gain a competitive advantage in the global political and economic environment. Today, the perspectives of politically and economically powerful nations can never imagine without expanding the prevailing association with the environment.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it is worthy to indicate that the approach of environmental geography can be helpful to examine the existing relationship between humans and the natural environment in different crucial contexts. The prospect of economic perspective can never ignore as currently, countries are focusing to utilize natural resources to gain power at the global business level. Political aims can also be never achieved without the active focus on the approach of an ecological system. The current situation is also an indication of future directions that focus on the importance of the successful acquisition of natural resources.
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