Let’s understand the terms environment first and then will move
forward to understand the concept of ecology and ecosystem. However,
those are not exactly part of the topic but I would like to cover it
here so as provide to details of the concept of environment ecology and
ecosystem and the basic different between a three.
Environment
French “Environer” - Neighborhood
Basic Life Support System
Place, people, things and nature surrounding living organisms
Includes natural and human made phenomena
5th June: World Environment Day
Human Modify Environment: Pollution, Manufacturing
Environment Affect Humans: Disasters
Now word environment is derived from the French word ‘Environer’ which means Neighborhood.
So it a kind of basic life support system which is affected by the
people, place, thing and the nature surrounding that living organism.
Environment include both the nature as well as human made phenomena. Now
5th of June is celebrated worldwide as “world environment day”.
Stream
that talked about the environment plays predominate role in governing
human Behaviour. Is known as determinism and explain that natural
disaster, natural calamity can affect human beings. Humans are affected
by climatic changes. However later on there was another set of
geographer who started work with the concept that it is not just the
environment which govern us. We humans modify the environment or change
the environment according to our requirement and thus this stream was
later on known as possibilism. We have covered detailed lecture on this
topic separately and now we will be understanding the components of
environment.
Components of Environment
Components of Environment
I would say there are three components the first is the natural components, the next is human made components and human component.
Now there is slight different between the human made components and the
human components. Let’s first work around natural components.
Natural
components as known in simple terms are land, Air and water as
discussed when we talk about biosphere. Lithosphere, atmosphere and
hydrosphere is the same here. So you have land means lithosphere, air
that is atmosphere, water that is hydrosphere. All these three together
from biosphere where living organism can exist.
Now human
component of human would be an individual then comes family, and then
comes my community. Then they are numerous factors that affect the
person for example religion, culture, level of education, political back
up etc. So all those thing affect human set up. So all those factor are
the human fectors.
Then come the factors that are made by human
being. So this the factors which I would say are abstract but they are
factors established by humans, for example Bridges, Tunnel, Canals,
Roads, Railways. Therefore, they are three basic components, which we
divide environment in.
