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ICSE · Class 9 · Environmental Science

What Human Development - Historical Perspective, Industrialisation, and Urbanisation covers in ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science: 4 topics.

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4 Topics · ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science · 2026-27

Topics in Human Development - Historical Perspective, Industrialisation, and Urbanisation

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1. Human Development: Core Idea

  • Human Development focuses on quality of life, not only income.
  • Mahbub ul Haq is known as the father of the Human Development concept.
  • He shifted the focus of development from economic growth to people-centered development.
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2. Changing Human-Environment Relationship

  • Human relationship with nature has changed over time from dependence to large-scale exploitation.
  • Prehistoric (Paleolithic) Era: people were nomadic hunter-gatherers, used simple stone tools and fire, and had very low environmental impact.
  • Neolithic Revolution: settled farming began, forests were cleared, irrigation started, and environmental impact became moderate.
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3. Causes of Environmental Over-exploitation

  • Consumerism increases demand for oil, metals, electricity, water, and short-life products.
  • Developed countries consume more resources and energy per person than developing nations.
  • Overuse of fossil fuels causes pollution, climate change, and depletion of reserves.
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4. Unsustainable Resource Use: Important Examples

  • Atlantic cod in the North Atlantic declined due to excessive fishing.
  • The Ogallala Aquifer in the USA has been heavily depleted for irrigation.
  • The Bingham Canyon Mine in the USA is a massive open-pit mine visible from space.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Human development as people-centered progress linked to environment, industry, population, and cities

Human DevelopmentChanging Human-Environment RelationshipEnvironmental OverexploitationEcology and EconomyPopulation Growth and Resource UseIndustrialisationUrbanisationLand Use Change due to Urbanisation

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Key topics in Human Development - Historical Perspective, Industrialisation, and Urbanisation include Human Development: Core Idea, Changing Human-Environment Relationship, Causes of Environmental Over-exploitation, Unsustainable Resource Use: Important Examples. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 9 exams.
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