Man and Environment (GPLA2201)

BA. Geography and Planning - GP

Semester: Second Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2018

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON The UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
Peace - Work - Fatherland P.O. BOX 39 Bambili
School: ARTS Department: GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING
Lecturer(s): SUIVEN
Course Code: GPLA 2201 Course Title: Man and Environment
Date: 07/07/2018 Hall: SOA 7 / 8 Time: 12:00 – 15:00pm
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS
1 i) a) Identify and briefly discuss three sources of resource scarcity.
(15 marks)
b) How do the following concepts problems in the 21
st
Century?
(20 marks)
i) Tragedy of the Commons
ii) The Earth’s carry capacity
iii) Human activity in the Anthropecene Era
iii) Food security
iv) Climate change
2) a) Give a concise account of me paradigms of the Environment
and Natural Resource (10 marks)
b) ‘Environmental Ethics is the moral basis for environmental
responsibility through Anthropocentrism, Biocentrism and
Ecocentrism’.
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(25 marks)
3) Discuss the various ways in which man is a constructive and
destructive agent. (35 marks).
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