In Responsible Economic Development V

question 321

True/False

In Responsible Economic Development v. S.C. Dept. of Health & Enviro. Control, where an environmental group contested a permit for Wal-Mart to handle parking lot storm water runoff, the court held that the runoff would damage nearby wetlands, so the state would have to reconsider the permit it had issued.

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Definitions:

Ethnocentrism

The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture, often resulting in prejudice against other groups.

Enculturation

The process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture.

Food

Substances consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism's body, essential for growth, energy, and maintaining life.

Cultural Practice

The routine activities and behaviors that are characteristic of a particular society or group of people.