Technological and Environmental Change

1. Technological and enviormental change Lozano, Claudia Period 1 AP World History Mr. Marshall

2. New Technology and the World Economy • Jet engines, tape recording, radar, and nuclear energy are some of the developments that had affect on consumers after world war II. (Spodek) • The new technologies improved productivity, and improved the flow of information that made markets better. • Consumers wanted new technologies that reduced workloads and provided entertainment, after the war western economies recovered and income rose. (Bulliet) • The electronic industry developed quickly with new products like tapes and CD’s. • During the 1950s and 1960s improvements in existing products increased productivity. Capitalist and socialist governments build railroads and constructed airports. (Andrea) • Technologies continued to advance, type writers were replaced by computers, and computers became more powerful, smaller and faster than the generation before. (Bulliet) • By the twentieth century the economic power of industrialized nations made it possible for them to invest in public utilities of less-developed regions. thomko.squarespace.com/ www.kpctoday.ca/ www.shanghaijade.com/contact_us.htmlRemove frame

3. Conserving and sharing Resources • Environmental occurred because of advances in industrial economies and in the poorest of the developing countries. (Bulliet) • consequences included population growth, expansion of agriculture in marginal lands , and industrialization. (Bulliet) • The worst environmental record was in the soviet union, where nuclear waste were dump with no concern. scientific studies and public debate led international and national efforts to help the environment. (Andrea) • In developing countries environmental pressure have been extreme. China, India and Brazil all need to expand food production which leads to deforestation. The results were water pollution and erosion. • population growth in Indonesia resulted in the cutting of 20 percent of forest area (Spodek) • The expanding global population required energy, housing, food, fresh water, and other resources. www.guardian.co.uk/.../24/1?picture=331046301

4. Responding to environmental threats • There were many successful environmental action that helped preserve and protect the environment. (Spodek) • The Clean Air act, Endangered species act, and the Clean Water act were passed in the United States in the 1970s that included Japan and European communities. (www.epa.gov/air/caa/>) • Most nations in developed worlds encouraged strict antipollution laws and recycling efforts. (Bulliet) • In Europe and the United States air quality improved. Lakes and bays were cleaner, but still in the United stated more than thirty thousand deaths are caused by exposure to pesticides and other chemicals. • New technologies made improvements as well including Pollution controls on cars, and factory smoke stackers. • Population pressure and weak governments were obstacles to effective environmental policies. Growing evidence of environmental degradation continue. • In 1997 representatives from around the world met to negotiate a treaty to reduce greenhouse gases. President Bill Clinton signed the treaty. (Bulliet) www.lrn.usace.army.mil/op/cen/rec

5. Bibliography • Andrea, Alfred J. The Human Records. Fifth ed. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 2. Andrea, Alfred J. The Human Records. Fifth ed. Vol. 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 3. Bulliet, Richard W. The Earth and its People. Third ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 4. Andrea, Alfred J. The Human Records. Fifth ed. Vol. 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Websites 1. "Clean Air Act | US EPA." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/>.