What is the difference between a driver and a pressure in a social-ecological system?
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Correct answer: A driver is an underlying social cause while a pressure is its direct environmental effect
A driver is a broad underlying factor such as population change, consumption, policy, technology or market demand. It can produce a more immediate pressure, such as mining, land conversion, water withdrawal or emissions, which directly changes environmental conditions. The categories can interact and a natural event can also act as a driver, but pressure is not always natural and the terms are not identical. Thus A is correct.
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A driver is an underlying social cause while a pressure is its direct environmental effect
Why is this the correct answer?
A driver is a broad underlying factor such as population change, consumption, policy, technology or market demand. It can produce a more immediate pressure, such as mining, land conversion, water withdrawal or emissions, which directly changes environmental conditions. The categories can interact and a natural event can also act as a driver, but pressure is not always natural and the terms are not identical. Thus A is correct.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Geography question. Chapter: Geography as a Discipline. Topic: Geography as an integrating discipline.
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