HUMAN ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM.pptx

GRADE 11 HUMSS reporting

1. Human-Environment System

2. Human (David 2018) Have the capacity to interact with their environment. Humans and the environment have that “mutual” interaction with each other. Have the capacity to change or influence the balance of society. (David 2018)

3. Environment (David 2018) A complex of many variables which surrounds man as well as the living organisms. Includes water, air and land and the interrelation ships which exists among and between water, air and land.

4. System It may be described as a complex of interacting components together with the relationships among them that permit the identification of a boundary- maintaining entity or process. (David 2018)

5. Human-Environment Systems (David 2018) Also known as CHANS (coupled human and natural system). Dynamical two-way interactions between human systems (e.g. economic, social) and natural (e.g. hydrologic, atmospheric, biological, geological) systems.

6. Human-Environment Systems (David 2018) Social and natural systems are inseparable. Tackle broader investigations into the complex nature of reciprocating interactions and feedbacks humans on the environment and the effect of the environment on humans.

7. CONCEPTS OF Human Environment System

8. Landscape ( Berroya 2017) The visible features of an area of land of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal. Part of the Earth’s surface that can be viewed at one time from one place. Continually changing under the influence of many different factors.

9. 2 Types of Landscape (David 2018) 1. Natural Landscape – Original landscapes that exists before it is acted upon by human culture. 2. Cultural Landscape – Cultural properties [that] represent the combined works of nature and of man – Designed and created intentionally by man – An organically evolved landscape which may be relict landscape

10. Thematic Map - Focuses on a specific theme or subject area such as physical phenomena like temperature variation, rainfall distribution, and population density in an area ( Berroya 2017).

11. Mental Map ( Berroya 2017) - First-person perspective of an area and how they interact with it. - The image you have of your neighborhood. Your mental map of where you live allows you to know how to get to your favorite coffee shop. - It is what you use to plan activities and routes to travel.

12. Spatial Distribution ( Berroya 2017) - The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth’s surface and graphical display of such an arrangement is an important tool in geographical and environmental statistics.

13. Spatial Distribution ( Berroya 2017) Describes how spread out a population is (what area it occurs in), while population density describes how many individuals are found in a given area.

14. Spatial Analysis - A type of geographical analysis which seeks to explain patterns of human behavior and its spatial expression in terms of mathematics, and geometry, that is, locational analysis. ( Berroya 2017)

15. Environmental Issues (Environmental Action and Effects)

16. Many of the environmental issues today relate to humans over use of finite resources for economic development. As a species, humans tend to regard the environment as a never ending source of materials and energy. Healthy ecosystems and environments are necessary to the survival of humans and other organisms. Ways of reducing negative human impact are environmental resources management, environmental protection, and environmentally friendly chemical engineering (David 2018).

17. Human Actions and Its Environment

18. THE IMPORTANCE OF Human Environment System

19. Socio-cultural Conditions Beliefs, attitudes, and values related to material possessions and the relation of humanity and nature are often seen as lying at the root of environmental degradation.

20. Economic Conditions Economic Growth for the first time in human history, economic activity is so extensive that it produces environmental change at the global level; the prospect of further economic growth arouses concern about the quality of the global environment.

21. Political Conditions The global environment responds to the actions of markets, governments, and the international political economy.