HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONHow do we change our environment?How does our environment change us?

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

How do humans and the environment affect each other? We depend on it.

People depend on the Tennessee River for water and transportation.

We modify it. People modify our environment by

heating and cooling buildings for comfort. We adapt to it.

We adapt to the environment by wearing clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and winter (coats), rain and shine.

CULTURAL ECOLOGY

The study of human-environment interaction is known as cultural ecology

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Changes to the landscape made by man.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM

A philosophy developed that examined how the physical environment caused social development

Egyptians create a civilization because they live near a river.

POSSIBILISM

Even though the physical environment may limit some human actions, people have the ability to adjust to and adjust their environment.