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Environmental policy
Policy related to managing human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources.
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Environmental quality
Environment; Environmental policy
The degree or quality related to the condition of the environment that allows human to physically utilise resources and obtain amenity values from their surroundings. The sum total, harmony, and ...
Human settlements
Environment; Environmental policy
Cities, towns, villages, and other concentrations of human population which inhabit a given segment or area of the environment. Human settlements are associated with numerous and complex ...
Homeostasis
Environment; Environmental policy
The abilities and mechanisms of organisms and ecosystems for self regulation which enable them to constantly adjust themselves to the changing conditions of their environments and to maintain a ...
Environmental protection
Environment; Environmental policy
Measures and controls to prevent damage and degradation of the environment, including the sustainability of its living resources. To protect the environment from negative or destructive effects, ...
Environmental science
Environment; Environmental policy
The interdisciplinary study (programmes and courses of environmental problems, within the frame-work of established physical and biological principles, i.e., oriented toward a scientific approach.
Environmental quality standards
Environment; Environmental policy
Normative documents and guidelines for deter-mining the degree of environmental conditions and requirements to avoid negative and damaging effects, influences, and consequences.
Human ecology
Environment; Environmental policy
The study of the growth, distribution, and organisation of human communities relative to their inter-relationships with other humans and other species and with their environment.
