What is a human-environment interaction?

Answer 1

Human-environment interaction (or HEI) is the way humans modify or adapt to nature around them. For example, the Ancient Egyptians had to adapt to the Nile, since every year it flooded. So they built houses at a safe distance, and they figured out exactly when the river would flood each year. The Egyptians also built irrigation canals spanning from the Nile River to water their crops. This way, they almost controlled the Nile. The way the Ancient Egyptians modified their environment was by building the pyramids, for instance. The pyramids were partly built out of limestone, which is natural and comes from the earth. To get this limestone, they would have to dig it up and move it, affecting the environment where it had been before.