ABSTRACT
A study of human impact within a broader environmental context would require extension to embrace such topics as air and water pollution, the fate of pesticides and other contaminants, changes in global biogeochemical cycles, landscape aesthetics and the general quality of life. Many of the changes occasioned by man's activities are also detrimental in the broader environmental context and the physical geographer must be aware of the wider implications of this theme in the field of environmental management. The growth of international awareness and activity in the field of man-environment interactions has been marked in the literature by the appearance of a considerable number of acronyms referring to the organisations and projects involved. One outcome of the growing awareness of the significance of human impact on landscape processes has been the application of modern technology to monitoring this impact, particularly by the development of national and international monitoring programmes.
