Human-environment interaction
What Human-environment interaction means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Relationships in which climatic characteristics influence human activities and population density, as when monsoon climates support intensive wet rice agriculture.
How a country's level of development, governance and prior preparedness influence both the scale of impacts and the effectiveness of subsequent human responses.
Human modification of the environment, such as urbanisation and deforestation, which alters environmental variables and subsequently changes disease incidence.
The relationship between soils and human activities, especially agriculture, in which soil characteristics influence practices and crop choices.
Topics that use Human-environment interaction
- Environment and population (AQA A-Level)
- Environment, health and well-being (AQA A-Level)
- Seismic hazards (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Spatial distribution
- Adaptation
- Agricultural sustainability
- Case Study Application
- Climate change
- Development
- Development and Vulnerability
- Disaster Response
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