A process during which a natural environmental system is altered by human action. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropization ]
Synonyms: anthropization
Term information
An area may be classified as anthropized even though it looks natural, such as grasslands that have been deforested by humans. It can be difficult to determine how much a site has been anthropized in the case of urbanization because one must be able to estimate the state of the landscape before significant human action.
Term relations
- anthropogenic ecosystem conversion process and has input some natural environment and has output some anthropogenic environment
- anthropogenic ecosystem conversion process
- has input some natural environment
- has output some anthropogenic environment