Human-Environment

Systems
 HUMAN:
- 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.
 ENVIRONMENT:
- 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.
 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.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS

Also known as CHANS

(coupled human and natural
system).
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS

Dynamical two-way interactions

between human systems (e.g.
economic, social) and natural (e.g.
hydrologic, atmospheric,
biological, geological) systems.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS

Socialand natural systems are

inseparable.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS

Tackle broader investigations into

the complex nature of reciprocating
interactions and feedbacks humans
on the environment and the effect of
the environment on humans.
 LANDSCAPE:
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.
 TYPES OF LANDSCAPE:

1. Natural Landscape
– Original landscapes that exists
before it is acted upon by human
culture.
 TYPES OF LANDSCAPE:

2. Cultural Landscape
– Cultural properties [that] represent the combined
works of nature and of man (World Heritage
Committee)
– Designed and created intentionally by man
– An organically evolved landscape which may be
relict landscape
 THEMATIC MAP
Focuses on a specific theme or subject area
such as physical phenomena like:
A. temperature variation,
B. rainfall distribution,
C. population density in an area
 MENTAL MAP
- 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.
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
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.
 SPATIAL ANALYSIS
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.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
 1. Human Overpopulation

Human overpopulation occurs when

the ecological foot print of a human
population in a specific geographical
location exceeds the carrying
capacity of the place occupied by that
group.
WATER SCARCITY
Land reclamation
URBANIZATION
WASTE DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT
 2. INTENSIVE FARMING

Intensive farming or intensive

agriculture is a kind of agriculture
where a lot of capital and labor are
used to increase the yield that can
be obtained per area.
INTENSIVE CROP FARMING
INTENSIVE ANIMAL
FARMING
PESTICIDE DRIFT
PLASTICULTURE
DEFORESTATION
SLASH AND BURN
 3. EXHAUSTIVE LAND USE
It involves exhaustive management and
modification of natural environment or
wilderness into built environment such as
settlements and semi-natural habitats such
as arable fields, arrangements, activities,
and inputs that people undertake in a
certain land cover type.
HABITAT
FRAGMENTATION
LAND DEGRADATION
HABITAT DESTRUCTION
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
DESERTIFICATION
 4. HYDROLOGY

Itis the scientific study of the movement,

distribution, and quality of water on
Earth and other planets, including the
water cycle, water resources and
environmental watershed sustainability.
TILE
DRAINAGE
FLOODING
LANDSLIDE