The word environment originates from the Latin "ambien-ambientis" which means that it goes from one side to the other, which encompasses an environment; what surrounds. The environment is called the set of natural elements such as air, water or soil and social elements that make life on the planet feasible; In other words, it is the environment where the human being develops, develops and prolongs his life.This environment is made up of biological and physical beings such as fauna, humans and flora, and both natural or biological elements are correlated for proper functioning. of said environment.
The fluid that surrounds or surrounds a matter is also classified as environment; on the other hand, the environment is called the social stratum or group to which an individual corresponds; for example: professional environment, artistic environment, intellectual among many others. Or to the circumstances that surround or involve an entity or element.
In the field of medicine this expression to refer to the group of external factors that help to acquire diseases, already revealed this before by Hippocrates father of medicine who lived in Athens. This word is also used to refer to the state of the air or the atmosphere.
Well, if we now talk about the relationship between the environment and societies, it can be said that it is decisive since it is modified as time passes and man's needs are also modified, to such an extent that this has happened that environmental problems originated due to the overexploitation of natural resources, with these environmental conflicts it must be aware that the environment can be affected by disastrous events such as floods, earthquakes, snow avalanches, volcanic eruptions among many other natural disasters due to arbitrariness of man.
