Anthropization
Conversion of natural environments by human action / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Anthropogeny.
In geography and ecology, anthropization is the conversion of open spaces, landscapes, and natural environments by human action.[1]
This article possibly contains original research. (August 2019) |
Anthropic erosion is the process of human action degrading terrain and soil.
An area may be classified as anthropized even though it looks natural, such as grasslands that have been deforested by humans. It can be difficult to determine how much a site has been anthropized in the case of urbanization because one must be able to estimate the state of the landscape before significant human action.[citation needed]