Environmental Managers

Environmental Managers

It is important to notice the development that the first nation Americans and European pioneers brought to America. These people were the ones that first developed the economy of the country and helped the country flourish and get where it is now. It is evident that this process involved the exploitation of what seemed unlimited resources then but only to the extent that it was a necessary process in the world.

Since the colonization of Native American in U.S.A by the Europeans the conditions of the land and the economy changed in the territory of U.S.A.  Since the 16^th century the invasion over America started in hands of England, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, in which they transported developed technology and new ideas on how to use the land. Having positive and negative impacts over the ´population and their land may vary. Some positive aspects were that Europeans implemented new kinds of buildings, they knew how to explode mines and take out gold and resources from these mines, and they have commercial perspectives on how to use this kind of resources that Europe did not have. A negative aspect was that during the invasion they killed many Native Americans thanks that they fight for the land. Europeans had developed arms like guns and also they had more developed sickness skills in which they were able to support the conditions. Europeans look at the resources of America as a great source of commerce thanks that things like fruits, vegetables, gold and other exotic resources were well paid in Europe but they started to take out the resources form this land which affected the conditions of the land. Thanks to the development of technology and the new idealism Europeans knew how to use the land and make it fertile in a way they could plant new kinds of fruits and vegetables. The Europeans also brought negative aspects because they took too much resources from the miens and each time they exploded more because they wanted to find more gold so they were able to sale it for big amounts of money in Europe.  Land was also affected because they started to build railroads and road in the land so transportation was much easier but this was positive for Europeans because they could go through the land much faster. The use of resources is okay but in that time Europeans did not have a consciousness over the amount of resources they use  and know a days those resources are not enough to find and the conditions of the land were affected in long term.

When the London Company sent the first expedition to begin the colonization in Virginia was in December 1606. It was not the first attempt to exploit the resources of North America but one of the most successful. The interest was huge; the land had huge potential so the Europeans, not only the English, claimed the lands to exploit them. Towns were built one by one and the connected with a railroad which was a positive decision for the country but the exploitation was over whelming. The progress was inevitable, the railroads were getting bigger and the land was getting fragmentized. The Europeans wanted to create progress while the Native were concerned about nature but the rush to take out the resources before another European country was increasing accelerating the impact on the land. Once the land was fragmentized and destroyed by the introduction of cities, there was nothing left to do than to improve the cities and take advantage of the situation. The railroads connection the cities were key to the improvement of the economy of the US, they had incredible railroads by year 1927 with over 3000 miles of rails. The use of cars has incremented, as we can see in figure 1 and they used to be responsible for must of the contamination in the transportation sector that was before the trains were electric and the cars became more common. The use of this transportation methods increased and it was the beginning of the modern transportation, which doesn’t contaminate much in relationship to other transportation methods.

Figure 1

As environmental managers we believe that resource use is essential for economic growth and can continue as long as there are the appropriate regulations. For example, appropriate taxes and fees should be adjusted so that people now until what point they can use the resources of our planet. Every country should have legal rights to minimum environmental quality as well. We understand that human’s impact in the world is a necessary step for development and growth but there should always be a compensation for the environment when the people affect it negatively by their actions. Economic and resources use decisions should always be done based on research and be done when everyone involved is in agreement. It is imperative that people value the role of the environment and find a balance between resources consumption and economic and country’s growth.

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