Environment:
–Meaning, types and components
–Geography as an environmental science
–Environment and society
If the attraction of a liberal arts education is the opportunity to inquire deeply about the human condition, geography and environmental sciences should be of interest. Geographers attempt to identify the factors affecting the distribution of people and their activities on the surface of the earth and to provide meaningful solutions to problems faced by societies. It's an ideal major for those who want to explore concepts and techniques utilized in investigating environmental issues, socioeconomic challenges, and planning policies.
1. Meaning of the Environment
1. The circumstances or conditions that surround one; surroundings.
2. The totality of circumstances surrounding an organism or group of organisms, especially:
a. The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, and survival of organisms: "We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism" (Paul Brooks).
b. The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an individual or community.
3. Computer Science
a. The entire set of conditions under which one operates a computer, as it relates to the hardware, operating platform, or operating system.
b. An area of a computer's memory used by the operating system and some programs to store certain variables to which they need frequent access.
Environment
1. external conditions or surroundings, esp those in which people live or work
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications/(Biology) Ecology the external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives, which tend to influence its development and behaviour
3. the state of being environed; encirclement
4. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing an operating system, program, or integrated suite of programs that provides all the facilities necessary for a particular application
Environment means all of the outside forces, events and things that act on a thing.[1] A person's environment is made up of everything that surrounds him or her, including houses, buildings, people, animals, land, temperature, water, light, and other living and non-living things. Living things do not simply exist in their environment. They constantly interact with it. Organisms change in response to conditions in their environment. The environment consists of the interactions among plants, animals, soil, water, temperature, light, and other living and non-living things.
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