![]() ![]() However, in making Earth habitable, we take a lot from it, and the resources we use and the wastes that can accumulate, we affect the environment. Link "civil" with "engineering," and this pretty much sums up how we humans are concerned with having safe, reliable structures and buildings, ways of transporting people and goods from one place to another, power generation and distribution, clean water, efficient processing of wastes and other services that we now take for granted. "Engineering" is the branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures."Environmental" relates to how we interact with the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition. ![]() The definition of the word "civil" involves "relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns.".Let's take this from first principles, where dictionary definitions are a good place to start:
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