Questions and Exercises

1. What is the role of population in environmental impact and climatic change? What other factors affect environment?
2. What are the various views on population-environment links?
3. How can one assess the environmental impact of a proposed industrial project? What are the major indicators?
4. Visit a tribal area where a big industry has come up during the last fifteen years. Talk to people and try to learn what has been the impact of industry on social and economic life of the people. What do they say about changes in agriculture and forest produce?
5. Define the following:
1. sustainable development
2. environmental conflicts between developed and developing countries
3. sociology of environment
6. Why do the developed and developing countries have divergent views on sustainable development?
7. What is required to the general pro-environmental beliefs in India ? Who has to play a leading role in this?
8. Examine the various definitions of sustainable development and develop your own definition for the use of policy makers in India .
9. Identify an environmental movement in India and write an essay on its history, successes and failures.
10. What are all the complexities involved in linking population with sustainable development?
11. Using internet resources collect data on carbon emissions for ten countries. Examine whether the carbon emission is in proportion to their population.