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The first 4 questions are short answer questions that I need answered for my Environmental Geography class. Each of the first 4 questions need to be 250 words (1 page per question). The 5th question is an essay question that needs to be between 800 and 1,000 words (2 pages).
In writing your answers, do not use the same examples over and over again
Short Answer Questions:
1. Robbins’ book is called “Lawn People,” and he writes about the making of “turfgrass subjects.” Explain the meaning of the title of the book and what is a “turfgrass subject,” using examples from the book. (you can find this online)
2. Some of what we learned in this class is that the ways in which we identify environmental problems are flawed; instead of creating explanations of political ecology, many scholars instead research and articulate “apolitical” ecologies. Using at least four examples describe the difference between an apolitical ecology and political ecology.
3. Using at least three examples, explain the differences between developing an economic explanation using the models of the free market, versus using Marxian approaches to studying the political economy.
4. Describe the debates over the role of government versus individual responsibility in creating the social and economic change required for a more sustainable society and use specific examples. What are the arguments supporting one type of political action or policy over another? How does a concern for social justice affect the kind of solution being sought for our environmental problems?
Essay Question: (800-1,000 words)
5. In Lawn People, Robbins describes the “modern” condition as one that is filled with the “anxiety” of this “risk society.” Compare his argument and its evidence with what we have learned about subsistence societies, which are often described as “non-modern” even though they persist today. How is/was risk differently distributed in rural subsistence economies, compared with urban/suburban capitalism? How does expertise and the construction of environmental knowledges differ between the two types of economies? To what effects on policy and individual freedom? You are not to write that one economy is better than another; rather, discuss the tradeoffs about each way of life. (use parenthetical citations from the book)
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Environmental Geography Questions Take Home Final Exam
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1. Robbins’ book is called “Lawn People,” and he writes about the making of
“turfgrass subjects.” Explain the meaning of the title of the book and what is a
“turfgrass subject,”
In his book, Robbins analyzes the perfect American lawn and explains the obsession of
American suburbia with the perfect lawn. The US people, especially those living in the suburban
cherish their lawns and can input a lot of energy, water, and chemicals to manage them. These
people are also obsessed with creating and maintaining the perfect lawns. Robbins calls them the
"lawn people," and hence the title of the book. In simple words, the title means that the American
people are lawn lovers; that is, they love lawns and can do anything to create a perfect lawn and
maintain it at all cost. To demonstrate the extent to which the American suburbia is obsessed
with lawns, Robbins analyses the suburban lawn. According to his analysis, he estimates that the
US lawns cover an area equivalent to the size of Iowa State, and it continues to grow as suburbs
spread and new housing portions come up on former rural land. Here, Robbin describes the
‘lawn people' as striving to “create order in their pocket handkerchiefs of personal spaces,
creating ecosystems ruled over by exotic species and persistently managed by both chemical and
physical means to lower their biodiversity.” Robbin also describes the lawn as “space where
complete control of natural processes is sought in the pursuit of aesthetic perfect nature.” He
wonders why these people spend so much effort, time, and money controlling, manicuring and
perfecting, their lawn. The answer to this lies in the title of the book; because they are lawn
people. Suzanne and her family are examples of the ‘lawn people' of Robbin's book title (p. 8).
Robbins writes about the making of the ‘turfgrass subjects.' Here, he refers to the lawn owners
‘turfgrass subjects' because they will always have to submit to the insistent demands of the
turfgrasses growing in their lawns (Robbins, 2012).
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2. Some of what we learned in this class is that the ways in which we identify
environmental problems are flawed; instead of creating explanations of political
ecology, many scholars instead research and articulate “apolitical” ecologies. Using
at least four examples describe the difference between an apolitical ecology and
political ecology.
Political ecology is a term used to describe diverse hypothetical and methodological
approaches to socioecological relations sharing a common interest in queries or issues relating to
the politics of access, control, and management of natural resources, knowledge of the
environment, as well as their collaborative impact on livelihoods and the forces of environmental
change. In other words, political ecology evaluates or examines social forms as well as the
human society that interact with the environment. This growing field has significantly attracted
the attention of scholars across various fields of study. Regardless of t...
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