HUMAN

ENVIRONMENT
SYSTEMS
Group 3 Presentation
GIVE 2 BENEFITS
"Human and Environment
OF ENVIRONMENT interact with each other."
TO HUMAN TRUE OR FALSE.
BEINGS. WHY?

"HUMAN "ENVIRONMENT CAN

"HUMANCAN
CAN
SURVIVE SURVIVE WITHOUT
SURVIVEWITHOUT
WITHOUT
ENVIRONMENT" HUMAN BEINGS"
ENVIRONMENT"
TRUE TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUEOR
ORFALSE?
FALSE? WHY??
WHY??
WHY??
Development and Origin
 As the social science,
Development and the origins of human-
environment systems
Origin did not actually begin
with society itself, but
rather with ecological
themes.This dominant
ideology began with
the study of ecology,
the natural science.
 Ecology

⇢ Ecology is defined as "the branch of biology that deals with the

relations of organisms to one another and to their physical
surroundings." This includes all living things, and their daily co-
existence with the environment. At this level, ecology has not
yet reached the level of human-environment systems or what
others call 'human ecology.' However, the basic principle of
ecology serves as one of the foundations of human-environment
systems.
The Theory
 There is no clear
The Theory definition for human
environment system, as
it crosses multiple
disciplines at one such
as ecology, sociology
and environmental
demographics.
However, one good
description of human
environment system can
be seen in
environmental
sociology.
 Environmental sociology is
typically defined as the
sociological study of societal-
environmental interactions,
although this definitions
immediately presents the
problem of integration
human cultures with the rest
of the environment.
(Schaefer, 2016)
⇢ The primary thrust of this theory is that the two parties:
human and the environment, are in state of continuous
interaction and integration.
⇢ "Although the focus of the field is the relationship between
society and environment in general, environmental
sociologists typically place special emphasis on studying
the social factors that cause environmental problems, the
societal impacts of those problems, and efforts to solve the
proboems. In addition, considerable attention is paid to the
social processes by which certain environmental conditions
become socially defined as problems." (Schaefer, 2016)
What makes this
theory a dominant
ideology?
⇢ is the fact thay it
incorporates society's
daily functions and
process with it's external
environment, and how
nature itself plays a role in
the total picture of social
daily living.
⇢ Human-environment
system means that
society does not live
in a blank,
dysfunctional world,
but rather a world
that affects society
greatly