The environment is composed of numerous subsystems which operate interdependently. Man is seized by all systems and in making use of them alters or impairs their functions. Not least of the subsystems is the organization of people themselves.
The gro...
The environment is composed of numerous subsystems which operate interdependently. Man is seized by all systems and in making use of them alters or impairs their functions. Not least of the subsystems is the organization of people themselves.
The growing complexity of human organization and human activities given rise to equally complex environmental problems. Human settlements, rural and agricultural activities, industrialization, transportation and recreational demands are all areas where policies with an environmental outreach need to be imposed.
For the purpose of regulation it is useful to distinguish three major areas of environmental management, namely (1) Pollution control, (2) Natural resources management, and (3) Environmental planning.
Most programs or methods can be lilted within these categories which in turn can have the effect of concentrating action within what are otherwise fragmented management, and (3) Environmental degradation.
In this paper, due to the limitation of space, contents and problems of pollution control and natural resources management are studied, and the problems concerning the environmental planning will be studied elsewhere.