Where we live has a major impact on the lifestyle of any people. Iowans are blessed with incredibly rich soil and rainfall while desert people must be creative to grow food or raise livestock. Ocean-front housing could provide a mild climate or subject inhabitants to brutal storms. Mountains and forests impeded transportation, which could have been a problem or a benefit if it protected residents from outsiders. Ships moved people and goods faster and easier than people and animals on land could. Do we live in the mountains, on the plains, in the forest, on a river or on the beach? Or on an island? Rivers and oceans were the first human highways. The land itself is the most important factor in human settlement. Studying environmental history involves understanding relationships - and sometimes trade-offs - that people make with the landscapes around them. It shapes the food they eat, the homes they build, the way they move around and the environment they live in. Since the earliest days of humans on Earth, people have adapted to the physical landscape around them. "The land was ours before we were the land's" wrote the poet Robert Frost. How does the way we live impact our environment? National Register of Historic Places & Landmarks.Iowa Cultural & Entertainment DistrictsĪ A State Historical Society of Iowa - Secondary Navigation.
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