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Environmental Sociology Question Paper

Environmental Sociology

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

EED 104: ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY

DATE:
Thursday 2nd April 2009

TIME: 8.00am-10.00am
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer questions ONE and any other THREE
1.
a)
Briefly explain each of the following terms

i)
Social values

[3marks]
ii)
Rural
sociology [3marks]
iii)
Environmental
problem [3marks]
iv)
Social
dialectic [3marks]

v)
Totenism

[3marks]

Total = 15marks]

b)
i)
Explain factors that make rural communities have an innate

resistance to change.

[5marks]

ii)
Briefly outline any two social institutions you consider effective in
promoting
environmental
knowledge. [5marks]

2.
Using a non-agricultural community of your choice discuss the role of indigenous

knowledge in the conservation of biodiversity.

[15marks]

3.
i)
Briefly discuss Abraham Maslow’s concept of a need hierarchy [6marks]

ii)
Explain why a farmer may resist integrating soil enriching tree with crops

in his farm.

[9marks]

4.
You are a team leader for a project that aims at promoting aforestation in an
ASAL hilly area. Your objective is to guide the community to make a choice
between planting native and exotic tree species. Discuss the basic rules and
approaches you would follow to make the local people get effectively involved in
the decision making process.
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5.
a) What do you understand by the term environmental socialization?

[5marks]
b) “The school system is best placed to socialize the youth on environmental
matters’ John Locke 1690. Discuss.

[10marks]

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