• Login
    View Item 
    •   Shocker Open Access Repository Home
    • Undergraduate Student Research
    • URCAF: Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum
    • URCAF Abstracts 2011
    • View Item
    •   Shocker Open Access Repository Home
    • Undergraduate Student Research
    • URCAF: Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum
    • URCAF Abstracts 2011
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Democracy, development, capitalism and the ecological footprint: an analysis of indicators, a global perspective

    View/Open
    Abstract (41.64Kb)
    Date
    2011-04-05
    Author
    Cunningham, Baylee
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This research will address and examine the role of democracy, development and capitalism in global ecological resource consumption. I will explore these three characteristics to determine whether or not any can be considered indicators of environmental performance. Furthermore I will discuss the various theories currently being conceived and expanded upon in the emergent issue that is environmental sustainability. The purpose of this research is to address the following questions: Question 1: Are there any specific, individual variables that indicate a country will have a high ecological footprint? Question 2: Are countries that are democratized likely to have a higher ecological footprint or a lower ecological footprint? Question 3: Are countries that are highly developed likely to have a higher or lower ecological footprint? Question 4: Does a country’s Gross Domestic Product indicate a country will have a higher or lower ecological footprint? Due to the infancy of this research there are limited statistics available. To further analyze this data and determine if an exact correlation between any of the individual variables exists requires a higher level of research. In order to do this I must create a database which includes each variable as well as the corresponding statistical data, which I have collected independently. My results were largely consistent with my expectations. A bivariate correlation test proved that there are consistent correlations between all three independent variables in conjunction with my independent variable. Additionally, more extensive tests and results are discussed within my presentation.
    Description
    First place winner of oral presentations in the Humanities/Social Scienc section at the 11th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) held at the Rhatigan Student Center , Wichita State University, April 5, 2011
    URI
    http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=urcaf&p=/2011/2011Abstracts/
    http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5318
    Collections
    • URCAF Abstracts 2011

    Browse

    All of Shocker Open Access RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsBy TypeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsBy Type

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2021  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV