The Relationship Between Environment and Human Behavior Analysis

This essay examines the intricate relationship between humans and the environment, focusing on conservation values, behaviors, and the impact of human activities on the planet. It highlights the bidirectional relationship between attitude and behavior change in environmental conservation, discussing various factors influencing both. The essay identifies urbanization, population growth, and consumption patterns as major threats to biodiversity and explores different problem classifications like tame and wicked problems. It also delves into solutions such as urban agriculture, green infrastructure, and sustainable water management, using Adelaide as a case study. The impact of pollution on human and environmental health is discussed, emphasizing the need for education and proactive measures to mitigate environmental degradation and promote a sustainable future. Desklib offers similar essays and study tools for students.

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As discussed this is a relatively new field which does an extensive study between the
relationship between the humans occupying earth and nature. It extensively covers conservation
values and conservation behaviours. Conservation values being the attitude believes and the
motives that attribute to the human being behaviors. While on the other hand conservation
behaviors are the actions of man which are either increasingly helpful or reducing harmful
actions (Bennett et al., 2017). It is essential to understand the need for conservation psychology
so as to conserve the environment intellectually and this can only be effective by understanding
the need to save the environment.
For the saving of the environment to happen, it is important to understand the attitude
change and behavior change. Attitude and behavior happen to have a bidirectional behavior
where the change in one can affect the change in another (Clayton et al., 2016). For example, the
attitude towards a type of a person can lead to the how he behaves around the person. While the
opposite of this is equally the same. In the case of the environment, a change in behavior can
lead to the change in the attitude with the opposite of this having a similar impact. For the
environment, a change of attitude cannot be enough to save the environment, but behavior as
well needs to change. For the change of attitude different forms can be taken in account such as
Social norms, cognitive dissonance, laws and regulations, tokenism, access to resources all these
in relation to the environment contributes to the change in one's attitude towards the environment
while on the other hand behavior can be determined by information or communication acts,
norms, commitment, goals setting among others which are directly pointed towards the saving of
the environment (Clayton & Myers, 2015).
With the current changes with the human being behaviors, the planet earth can be said to
be at the crisis. This is due to problems such as the urban area sprawling, natural environment

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shrinking, rural land use pattern changing, the increased rise of the population. All these increase
the threats to the biodiversity. As seen the consumption patterns of humans and the growing
population has been teamed as the biggest threat facing the earth and are seen as the direct
threats towards it. An appropriate measure against this can be either education on the need to
conserve our earth and the promotion of the pro-environmental behaviors.
There are several classifications of the earth problems which when analyzed can help in
the saving of the planet earth. Tame problems which are also referred to as the Benign problems.
The problems have a well laid down resolving strategy which entails the definition of a problem,
setting of goals to resolve the problems, research which entails the seeking and analysis of
information relevant to the problem, tabling the present solutions and comparing the best
approach, and finally the evaluation of the outcomes and making necessary modifications so as
to implement the solution for the Tame problems. The other form of problems being the wicked
problems and just like the name they lack a concrete approach on how to resolve them. They
pose constant challenges which one cannot have a specific solving approach. The best examples
being planet earth threats brought about by food insecurities, poverty, social conflicts,
corruption, gender issues. Some of these have no laid-out approach on how to resolve them and
save our planet. And in most cases, they appear similar in many countries around the world. And
the resolving of these problems being dependent on governance and management of the problem
singularly.
But focused research on the possibility of saving the world being seen, this involves the
willingness of people, openness to different creative options, reformed leadership, education on
the importance of the mother earth. This shows the possibility of saving the planet earth but the
effort of every person critically needed.

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As seen, the direct cause of planet earth crisis is man and their different feeding patterns,
as well as the movement patterns especially, form the rural to the urban environs. With this it is
essential to analyze some things such as the Urban Agriculture, this can be defined as any form
and scale of food that is produced within the urban or the peri-urban areas of the town and also is
inclusive of livestock (Van, 2014). The engagement in this helps resolve some of the challenging
issues such as food insecurities which have been termed as some of the wicked problems
affecting the planet earth. With UA such a problem in relation to food security gets attention and
a sufficient resolution.
With the different changes in the human behaviors, the environment in most of the places
has changed over the years. Adelaide, for example, has experienced a significant shift in the
environment due to the human behaviors over the years. This has dramatically been contributed
to by the increase in the human. Research continuous to show that in the coming years Adelaide
is expected to have a much high population hence threatening planet earth more due to the
exhaustion of the lands the human activities. By 2045 the population is expected to have
increased by more than 545000 people, 248000 more families an estimate of almost 8300 per
year. With this happening the liveability of the city keeps reducing (Wells, Evan & Cheek,
2016). The liveability of the city dependent on the condition and infrastructure, attitude and
knowledge, activities and the institutions and governance of the city. The green infrastructure of
a city dramatically impacts the livability of the city and can be defined as the network of green
spaces and water systems that deliver multiple environmental, economic and social values and
benefits. It brings with it multiple advantages which are mainly interconnected with each other
(Phan & Hy, 2017). It brings economic benefits due to job increased opportunities, tourism

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opportunities and more. Human health and wellbeing conservation due to the presence of clean
resources such as water and healthy food.
A focus on agriculture has been seen as the best approach to resolve the challenges facing
the country. It is essential to understand the importance of agriculture in relation to the
population. It's the primary source of food, impact on the growth rate, provides safety for people,
among other advantages (Rashid, 2015). This also helps in the conservation of the environment
by the humans in the process of keeping the natural environment. The development of the human
societies has been greatly influenced by natural environment, including climate, geography, and
biodiversity.
The other aspect worth addressing in relation to the environment is water. This is one of
the most critical components on earth that is crucial for the existence of any life form. There are
different essential uses of water which include, the fact that 71% of the entire earth is covered by
water (Hounslow, 2018). This makes it necessary for all life forms animals and plants. It is also
important for farming. The human body is also comprised of 45 to 65 percent water (Wang et al.,
2016). The same water is also important for the production of hydroelectricity which is utilized
all over the world.it is important for transportation and for other recreational activities such as
swimming among many. Water primarily supports life (Ji, 2017). With there being different
forms of water, the uses different from one form to the other.
With the analysis of agriculture, water and other environmental features come pollution.
This is the introduction of a contaminant into the natural environment. These contaminants affect
the natural environment in so many ways. There are different forms of pollutions such as water
pollution, air pollution, soil pollution and others (Carmen et al., 2016). As seen the importance of

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the previously analyzed natural occurrences, pollution has been dramatically influenced by the
different human activities. Humans have been seen as the leading pollution agents within the
world. This is due to the rise in population and the increased activities taken up by man with
little concern on what the action has on earth. Pollution has a significant impact on the health of
a person and nature as well. Air pollution, for instance, can lead to respiratory problems,
headaches, cancer risks, skin irritation, nausea and other compilations while water pollution can
lead to plantation pollution, the death of aquatic animals among other complications (Delfino et
al., 2014). Where waste products have been categorized as the primary source of pollutants.
The environment is one of the most important things to both the human being and all
other sorts of life. Throughout the course, we have learned to the connection between nature and
human behaviors. The different behaviors and attitudes that are needed so as to save our nature.
With the ongoing actions of humans, the planet earth is at great threat, and over the past few
years, different climatic problems have been experienced in different parts of the world due to
the level to which the planet earth has been depleted. Other issues such as food shortage due to
unfertile lands, unreliable weather condition, and other challenges have been experienced all
over the world, and all these problems keep growing due to the small effort being undertaken to
help save mother nature. It is essential to apply the knowledge from the course so as to educate
others on the importance of our planet earth and how to salvage it.

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