The document discusses how humans create cultural environments by making changes to the natural environment. It provides examples of how we develop culture to adapt to nature, such as using air conditioning and heating. Culture is defined as the distillation of total human experience and separates humans from other species. Through qualitative increases in social organization, use of techniques, and control of materials, culture allows humans to direct resources in a way that affects economic development. Racial and religious beliefs also influence how resources are utilized.

1. Human Environment
M-2 ;S 10 & 11
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2. Human Environment
• Natural environment in it’s given and original
form requires certain changes or adjustments
• Man makes these changes
• Creates a new environment
• This creation is known as cultural, social or
non-physical environment
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3. Human Environment
• While the cultural environment is shared by
both man and animals – but man alone
controls the cultural environment
• Examples –
Machinery, Transportation, Education, Organiz
ation, Peoples skills, Health
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4. Human Environment
• Man develops culture to correct defects of nature
• Example – A/C to cool and Central Heating to
warm in winter
• Defining Culture:
• “culture-tillage or cultivation”
• “Standards of value”
• Good taste, Good Breeding, Refinement and
Learning
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5. Culture
• A distillate of total human experience
• Separates it from other human forms
• Man has through –
1. Qualitative increase in social organizations
2. Adapting invented techniques to productive ends
3. Pieces of organized living matter varieties of
inanimate matter to serve his own end
Culture has done what genetic mechanisms have
afforded animals.
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6. Development of Culture
• Not developed culture equally in all lands
• Tropical countries-agriculture dependent on
nature
• Manufacturing – machine has yet to replace
man
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7. Role of Human Beings
• Capacity of a country to support its people
depends upon the people
• Physical Health of population
• Education
• Standard of living
(Effect of racial/religious feelings)
Productivity & wealth of a nation is closely related
to the manner in which it is able to direct, utilize
& organize it’s resources
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8. Racial & Religious Feelings
• Play a role in effecting economic development
• Major religions of the world
• A) Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Christianity
• In some way they all regulate mans philosophy
of life
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9. Racial & Religious Feelings
• Jain/Buddhism – ahimsa “do not harm or kill”
S-E Asian Countries-averse to stock raising for
meat/whool
Hindus – Cow
Muslims-Pig Unclean; Wine – disallowed
Christianity-relatively liberal
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10. Religious and Racial Feelings
• Impact of education and culture
• Conservative
• Secular
• Progressive
• Scientific
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11. India
• Divided into 3 broad areas
• Himalayan Region
• Gangetic Plains
• Peninsular India
Himalayas West to East – 3000 Kms
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