Environment, Climate and weather
Introduction to Environment Everything that affects an organism in its entire life span is called its environment It’s the combination of all the Biotic and Abiotic factors in the primitive and modern environment of man. Primitive environment: The primitive environment of man consists of Biotic and Abiotic factors. The primitive environment of man consists of […]
Introduction to Environment
Everything that affects an organism in its entire life span is called its environment
It’s the combination of all the Biotic and Abiotic factors in the primitive and modern environment of man.
Primitive environment:
The primitive environment of man consists of Biotic and Abiotic factors. The primitive environment of man consists of the environment in which a person survives and which forms his basic needs.
Biotic factors are defined as the living things that shape our ecosystem. Biotic components consist of Plants as consumers, Animals as consumers, and Micro-organisms as Decomposers.
Abiotic factors or abiotic components are the non-living chemicals and physical factors in the environment which affect the ecosystem. Physical factors constitute elements like light, fire, water, air. Chemical factors consist of temperature, moisture, wind, water current.
Modern Environment of Man:
The modern environment of man is the environment that nurtures the upbringing of a person in a political, social, economic, and cultural manner.
Social environment ( companion, family, friends, professionals, colleagues etc.)
Economic environment (Resources, industrial production, population, agriculture, infrastructure, economic conditions like planning, policies, philosophy, systems, etc.)
Cultural environment ( man-made landscapes like buildings, roads, plantations, lifestyle accessories, etc.)
Political environment (legislature, executive and judiciary).
Climate and Weather – An Introduction
The temperature of the air, its humidity, its velocity, and direction vary from day to day. The sky may be overcast one day and clear the next, one day it may rain, the next day not. These daily variations are covered by the expression weather. These variations show, however, certain common features, certain trends, and it is these trends that are covered by the expression climate. In summer, for example, the trend is to higher temperatures, even though there may be isolated cold days in between. In the rainy season, the trend is towards greater rainfall, despite individual dry days. These trends are measured by climatologists and expressed as monthly or seasonal averages. Thus, while the weather changes from day to day, climate changes from season to season. The architectural design does not, and cannot, concern itself with the weather because the conditions change too frequently; it concerns itself with climate.
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