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Man and Environment share a reciprocal relationship. In the early stages Human activities were controlled and governed by Environment. Man acted as a Passive agent. This is so because the level of technology was very low and the stage of human social development was also primitive. This type of interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature was termed as environmental determinism. However, with the passage of time people began to understand their environment and the forces of nature. With social and cultural development, humans develop better and more efficient technology and are able to create possibilities with the resources obtained from the environment. The human activities create cultural landscape. This concept is known as Possibilism which states that Nature provides opportunities and human beings make use of these and slowly nature gets humanised and starts bearing the imprints of human endeavour. However the reckless use of resources have already resulted in Global warming, Ozone depletion and pollution of the environment. Thus the resources available in the Nature have to be used judiciously so that it does not degrade the environmental quality and may result in sustainable development.
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