What is two human environment interaction in Latin America?

Answer 1

1. Human-Environment Interaction in Latin America
2. • Agriculture
   • Some areas engage in slash and burn farming in which an area's vegetation is cut down and then burned.
   • The ashes act as a fertilizer.
   • Unfortunately, the soil is usually depleted in two or three years and can no longer grow crops. So farmers move on and slash and burn another section.
   • The downside of this is that it destroys the forests.
3. • Hilly and mountainous areas use terraced farming.
   • This is where you carve steps into the hillsides and then farm on those steps.
   • Reduces soil erosion since there's no longer a steady slope.
4. • Urbanization
   • Many people in Latin America are migrating towards cities. They offer better job opportunities as well as better medical care and education than do the rural areas.
   • This migration, however, can result in overcrowded cities and urban slums.
5. • This overcrowding results in pollution problems, most especially from cars, difficulties with trash and sewage, and water shortages. The infrastructure can't keep up with the growth.
6. • Tourism
   • Lots of it in Latin America… all the resorts, cruise ship tours, etc.
   • The upside is that it brings money to these areas and provides employment where otherwise there may be none or little.
7. • The downside is that it can stress the local resources.
   • Many of the jobs are also not well-paying - they're low-level service industry occupations. Most owners of tourist resorts are not in-country.
   • Resentment can build between the tourists and the locals, in part because of the obvious income gap, but also because of irritation at constantly serving the tourists' whims.