Answer:
In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community in which people live. The complexity of a settlement can range from a small number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas.
Explanation:
Settlement geography is a branch of human geography that investigates the earth's surface's part settled by humans.
Panama has forests volcanos and mountains that extend from the Costa Rican border to Colombia, South America
Alfred Kroeber did explain the theory of environmental determinism first so that means the statement is true.
Humans can disrupt the ecosystem by for an example drilling under the ground so you can find oil well that is bad because it increases having more earthquakes.
