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Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability

Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability. Chapter 7. Natural Resources. Why am I studying this? Location Hungary Passive processing Trade Relationships U.S.-Canada-Mexico. Topography. Mountains & Plains Divide markets Spain Switzerland China Columbia

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Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability

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  1. Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability Chapter 7

  2. Natural Resources • Why am I studying this? • Location • Hungary • Passive processing • Trade Relationships • U.S.-Canada-Mexico

  3. Topography • Mountains & Plains • Divide markets • Spain • Switzerland • China • Columbia • Population Concentration

  4. Topography • Deserts • Australia • Tropical Rain Forest • Canadian Shield • 50% land area; 10% of population

  5. Topography • Bodies of Water • Inland Waterways • Rhine Waterway • Rhine-Danube Canal • Amazon • China- Three Gorges Dam • United States • Outlets to the Sea • Africa • Bolivia

  6. Climate • Harsh climate • Climate and Development? • Continuous heat • Climatic Implication

  7. Natural Resources • Energy • Petroleum • Conventional sources • Unconventional sources • Oil sands • Oil baring shale • Coal • Natural gas

  8. Natural Resources • Energy • Coal • Nuclear Power • Natural Gas • Sources of Renewable Energy • Nonfuel Minerals • Ocean mining • New technology

  9. Natural Resources • Changes Making Monitoring Necessary • Increasing competition • Decline/Growing markets • Changing Natural Resources • Infrastructure • Economic development

  10. Natural Resources • Destruction of Natural Resources • Ixtoc 1 Well Blowout • Chernobyl • Alaskan Oil Spill • Gulf War Terrorism • Romanian Reservoir Collapse • Increasing Anti-pollution Activism

  11. Sustainable Business • What is it? • Recognizes: • Limits • Interdependence • Equity in Distribution

  12. Sustainable Business • Aspects to be addressed • Trade and market liberalization • Eco-efficiency • Financial world • Subsidies • Perverse subsidies • New product markets • Production and consumption patterns

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