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built environment and health  

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  • The built environment is typically defined to include relatively stable aspects of the humanmade or modified environment, such as buildings, transportation systems, architectural and urban design features, landscape elements, and green spaces. The use of the term built environment is bounded by spatial and temporal scales. [Source: Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health; Built Environment and Health]

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