Basic concepts in environmental engineering
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Environmental engineering involves applying scientific principles to improve the natural environment for societal benefit. It aims to study both biotic factors like living organisms as well as abiotic factors such as land, water and air, as all components of the environment are interrelated. The document provides an introductory overview of environmental engineering by defining the field, explaining how it combines engineering with environmental concerns, and giving some basic descriptions of biotic and abiotic environmental factors.
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Basic concepts in environmental engineering
- 1. Basic concepts in Environmental Engineering AE 315 A.Y. 2013-2014 June 06, 2013
- 2. What is Environmental Engineering? Environment, the surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates Engineering, application of scientific principles for the planning, design, operation and maintenance of structures, equipment or systems for the development and benefit of society
- 3. What is Environmental Engineering? Thus….. Environment + Engineering = Application of scientific principles to improve the natural environment for the development and benefit of the society
- 8. Biotic environment From the Greek word bios, which means life We can also say that a biotic environment is a living environment It compose of plants, animals, microorganisms and human beings
- 9. Abiotic environment The opposite of biotic environment, in which constituted by land, water and air These biotic and abiotic components are interrelated/interdependent to each other
- 11. END OF LECTURE