How have people changed their environment in Israel?

Answer 1

Israel has seen massive environmental changes in the last century due in no small part to the Jewish Settlers who came to the land. The area in the north of Israel was populated with eucalyptus trees to stabilize the soil and convert marshy-swampland into typical farmland. Water-pipes carrying water from the Sea of Galilee to the Negev Desert in the south of Israel have allowed for limited horticulture in that region where before it was impossible. The carrying capacity of Israel also increased by over 400% in the last century. (Just to give an idea, in 1947, there were around 1.1 million inhabitants of British Palestine and now Israel alone has over 7 million citizens.) The growth of cities, likewise, has turned barren, unoccupied, or farm regions into integral parts of cities and their subculture.