The Environment

The environment is the set of physical, chemical, biological, people or society as a whole.1 Includes all natural, social and cultural values existing in a place and at a particular time components that influence human life and future generations. That is, it is not only the space in which life develops, but also includes living beings, objects, water, soil, air and relations between them as well as such intangibles as culture

etymology

The average word comes from the Latin medium (neuter); as an adjective, Latin medius (male). The word comes from the Latin ambiens environment, Ambientis, the Ambere verb, "surround", "be on both sides." One might consider the environmental expression as tautology because the meanings of the two elements of such graphs are coincident with the inherent meaning when they go together. However, some meanings of both words separately are different. Allowing understanding is context. For example, other meanings, metaphoric, the term environment refer to social sectors such as popular aristocratic atmosphere or environment; or attitudes, such as having good atmosphere with friends and other people and wildlife.

Environment

Although the usual way is to write and pronounce two words (environment), the Royal Spanish Academy, in its Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts (DPD), recommends using and writing in a single environment word and environmental adjectival form. 2

Concept of environment

In the general theory of systems, an environment is a complex of external factors acting on a system and determine its course and way of existence. An environment could be seen as a superset in which the given system is a subset. It may consist of one or more parameters, physical or otherwise.

These external factors are:

Physical Environment: Physical Geography, geology, climate, pollution.

biological environment:

Human population: Demographics.

Flora: source of food or producers.

Fauna: primary consumers, secondary, etc. animals.

socioeconomic environment:

occupation or work: Exposure to chemical, physical agents.

Development or cultural development of each family