Home  10 Pillars  Map  Tree Rationale Forum About  Terms Contact     Search top academic & professional resources
10 pillars of knowledge: map of human knowledge
Environmental sciences
Loading
foundations of Knowledge - Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie, Marie-Lan Nguyen, 2010, CC –BY- SA 2.0.©
 Supernatural - God creates man (Michelangelo, Ceiling of Sistine Chapel)© Matter and Energy - Sun (NASA).© Space and Earth - Solar System Montage (NASA, 2000).© Gorilla Non-Human Organisms - Gorilla (Credit: E. De Merode, NASA ).© Human Body and Mind. Courtesy of US Army image gallery.© Human Society - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948 (United Nations, 1949).© Human Thought and Art – The Vitruvian Man (Leonardo da Vinci, 1492).© Technology - Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on mission STS-107 (NASA, 2003).© Human History - The French Revolution (July revolution. July 28, 1830), "Liberty Leading the People", (Eugene Delacroix, 1830).©
Foundations Supernatural Matter & Energy Space & Earth N/h Organisms Body & Mind Society Thought & Art Technology History
Living World
Knowledge Supernatural Universe Humans
Environmental sciences is an umbrella name for interrelated fields aimed at protecting the earth from misuse and abuse. They deal with global, regional, and local environmental systems, conserving natural resources and biological diversity. (C. Zins, 2011).
Environmental sciences
 2. Earth sciences. Fields: environmental sciences. Image: London, Houses of Parliament, Sun Breaking through the Fog, Claude Monet, 1904; Musée d'Orsay, Paris.©  
Environmental sciences
1. Theory
     Environmental philosophy*
2. Environmental Fields* 
      ...
Post your proposed structure!
 

 
The relations between humans and the earth can best be described in terms of use, abuse and control.  Humans use the earth, abuse it, or try to control its devastating powers, and face their devastating effects  (C. Zins, 2011).
     
Rationale
Environmental sciences integrate natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and geography), technology and engineering, and social sciences (resource management and conservation, demography, economics, education, politics andethics). Therefore, it can be places in pillars 4, 9, and 7 respectively.  (C. Zins, 2011).  
Reflections
Post your comments on the conception and structure of the field!
中 文   English   Français   Deutsch   עברית  日 本語   नेपाली     Polski    Português    Română     русский    Српски    Español   More.... 
10PK Poster & Book
a must for your library
February 2013  © Copyright Dr. Chaim Zins, Jerusalem, 2002-2013. All rights reserved. 
Chaim Zins, Knowledge Mapping Research, 26 Hahaganah St. Jerusalem, 97852 tel: 972-2-5816705 chaim.zins@gmail.com