Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
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Management
Environmental Factors
Hydrospher
Physical
e
Physical
Atmosphere
Land, water, atmosphere, climate,
sound, odors and taste.
Biological Flora
Fauna (animal life of a region or
geological period)
Flora (the plants of a particular Environment Biological Fauna
region or geological period)
Ecology,
Microbe
bacteria and viruses; and all those
social factors which make up the
quality of life. Social
Socioeconomic
Sociopolitical
Socio-
Cultural economical
Political
Economical
Economical
Environment Explained
Principles
Principle 4: of Sustainable Development
Principle 10:
Principle 7:
Addressing the Root
Ecological Justice
interdependence cause
Dependence
The life of man here on earth completely depends on the
natural environment for its existence.
It is from the environment that man ultimately obtains
food or cash.
there are two major elements in managing the
environmental resources
Criticality:
The estimate of importance of resources.
Scarcity:
The estimate of availability of resources.
Biophysical limits of resources
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) Model
1. Resources are scarce in absolute terms. That is,
humanity is endowed with a finite amount of material
resources.