Sociology › Section T · Population, cities, and environment › Topic T.3
The environment and society
Polluted air, rising seas and toxic waste are physical problems, but who causes them, who suffers from them and who gets to decide what is done are social questions. Environmental sociology studies those questions.
In this topic
- Society and nature are linked
- The tragedy of the commons
- Two theories of growth and harm
- Climate change as a social problem
- Air, water and health
- Waste and toxic sites
- Environmental racism and justice
- Native nations and the land
- Worked example: a fishery collapses
- Worked example: who benefits when it gets cleaner?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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