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built environment  

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  • The built environment consists of those fixed, permanent elements of the landscape that people have created. The term usually refers to urban places, where it may include open spaces. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Built Environment]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/built_environment

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