13. Why does Urry mean by \'global fluids\'? (p. 170) a) He is disturbed by ocea

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13. Why does Urry mean by 'global fluids'? (p. 170) a) He is disturbed by oceanic waste. b) He suggests that we understand the globalization of capitalism as an unstoppable, liquid flow of money across borders global atmosphere the planet and connecting localities and bodies across the globe c) He is concerned by the ever-increasing flow of polluting gases across the d) He suggests that we think of people, ideas and materials as streaming across 14. What does environmental justice reveal about utilitarianism? (p. 181) a) Environmental justice only tolerates action that benefits the majority. b) Environmental justice shows how all people take the brunt of the benefits for certain goods c) Utilitarianism tolerates bad outcomes for some people d) All of the above 15. Why is organic food a positional good? (p. 178) a) Organic food is limitless in supply and therefore is aptly positioned for economic gain b) Organic food is expensive and thus a ready source for social display for those in a position to pay for it c) All social classes can access affordable organic food d) All of the above 16. The text cites the case of the explosion of the AZF fertilizer factory in Toulouse, France which damaged 27,000 homes to make which theoretical point? (p. 173) a) In the words of environmental sociologist David Pellow, that environmental b) To raise the frequently posed question: did the plant target the area where c) That corporate culpability is hard to trace inequality is a "sociohistorical process" rather than simply a "discrete event." the disadvantaged live, or did the disadvantaged move in after it was built? d) All of the above 17. Why use the term invironment instead of environment? (p. 187) a) Environment is the broader category, the invironment is the zone of the body's interactions with the environment. b) Invironment extends beyond you and me; environment is immediate. c) Environment is the natural world, invironment is the built landscape d) Invironment is the domestic sphere, environment includes public health

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Ans 13 d) He suggests that what we think people , ideas and materials as streaming across the planet and connecting localities and bodies across the globe .

John Urry in 2003 examined the chaos and complexity of the people in global processes . He said that there was a balance between chaos and order , but at the same it does not seem to progress towards equillibrium as the factors associated with it are irreversible and also unpredictable.

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