Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction
Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction
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ISBN: 9781118451564
Author: Paul Robbins, John Hintz, Sarah A. Moore
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Whether a national park or a region dominated by farms is more natural.

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National parks are more natural than a region dominated by farms, as the humans and human activities less alter the national parks. On the contrary, the farm is affected and changed every day by humans for agriculture.

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National parks are naturally protected large areas set aside for the conservation of plants and animal species. Humans less alter these parks. These parks are constructed naturally and semi- naturally in a large land area. National parks are not affected by humans and their activities. A region dominated by farms is the area used for agricultural purposes in the production of food. In the farming areas, different techniques are used to produce crops, and the area is physically affected and changed every day by humans. Thus, places like natural parks are more natural as these places are less affected by humans.

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