Human settlements and the environment
The term ‘human settlementsThe places where people live, including cities such as Canbe More’ refers to all the places where people live. Human settlementsThe places where people live, including cities such as Canbe More include cities such as Canberra, as well as towns and remote communities.
Human settlementsThe places where people live, including cities such as Canbe More are important environments. They are where most Australians spend the majority of their time. But human settlementsThe places where people live, including cities such as Canbe More put pressure on the rest of the environment. They use resources such as water, energy, land and materials, and release waste into the air, land and water.
This is why it is important to regularly monitor, measure and consider how we are affecting the environment. The 2019 ACT State of the Environment Report assesses the impacts of the ACT’s human settlementsThe places where people live, including cities such as Canbe More on the environment. The report examines the ACT’s ecological footprintThe amount of land and water needed to supply the resources More, energy generation and consumption, solid waste generation and management, transport, water resources and water consumption.
