Environment and Society — Sociology STD 11 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 HumanitiesSociologyEnvironment and Society6 Marks
Question
Why are environmental problems treated as social problems?
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Answer
Social ecology emphasises that social relations shape environmental perceptions and practices e.g. the artisans may be interested in bamboo forest for making baskets but forest department may be interested in supplying large amount of bamboo to the paper industry.
Environmental crisis arises from social issues. On the one hand, in metropolitan cities we enjoy water parks, Ice skating, malls etc. On the other side in rural areas, there is acute shortage of water and electricity.
In cities people maintain their houses, gardens and wash cars using excess of water whereas in slums people are deprived of water.
Economic, social and health hazards may occur due to environmental disasters like Kedarnath, Tsunami and Jammu and Kashmir floods. Such disaster leads to extreme poverty.
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