Test Your Environmental Awareness
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What is the main trigger for increasing awareness of the need for better environmental management?

  • Economic growth
  • Human activities (correct)
  • Urbanization
  • Industrialization

    • What is the downside of urbanization and industrialization?

  • Improved health patterns
  • Increased prosperity
  • Water borne diseases (correct)
  • Better environmental quality

    • What is the negative implication of a better health status of society coupled with longer life-spans?

  • Unprecedented population growth (correct)
  • Stabilizing population growth
  • Decreased environmental quality
  • Increased infant mortality

    • What is the main cause of water borne diseases like infective diarrhea?

    <p>Poor quality drinking water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the downside of urbanization and industrialization?

    <p>Diseases related to overcrowding and poor quality drinking water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the negative implication of a better health status coupled with an unprecedented growth in population?

    <p>Negative implications on environmental quality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some of the key environmental hazards that contribute to global illness and death?

    <p>Unsafe water and sanitation, vector-borne disease, indoor smoke from solid fuels, toxic hazards, and global environmental change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the economic cost of environmental hazards in developing countries?

    <p>Lost productivity, burden on the health sector, degraded resources, and long-term social consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some of the critical development decisions that policy-makers in developing countries face?

    <p>Decisions that require a thorough consideration of impacts on environment and health</p> Signup and view all the answers

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