Editing Built environment (section)

{{Short description|Human-made space in which people live, work and recreate on a day-to-day basis}}
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[[File:Suburbia by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Part of the built environment: [[suburb]]an [[tract housing]] in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]]]

The term '''built environment''' refers to human-made conditions and is often used in [[architecture]], [[landscape architecture]], [[urban planning]], [[public health]], [[sociology]], and [[anthropology]], among others.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sussman |first=Ann |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1224041975 |title=Cognitive architecture : designing for how we respond to the built environment |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-367-46860-6 |oclc=1224041975}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Handy |first1=Susan L. |last2=Boarnet |first2=Marlon G. |last3=Ewing |first3=Reid |last4=Killingsworth |first4=Richard E. |date=2002-08-01 |title=How the built environment affects physical activity: Views from urban planning |url=https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(02)00475-0/abstract |journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine |language=English |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=64–73 |doi=10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00475-0 |issn=0749-3797 |pmid=12133739|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Sallis">{{cite journal |last1=Sallis |first1=James F. |last2=Floyd |first2=Myron F. |last3=Rodriguez |first3=Daniel A. |last4=Saelens |first4=Brian E. |date=February 2012 |title=The Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Obesity, and CVD |journal=Circulation |volume=125 |issue=5 |pages=729–37 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.969022 |pmc=3315587 |pmid=22311885}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Galster |first1=George |last2=Sharkey |date=2017 |title=Spatial Foundations of Inequality: A Conceptual Model and Empirical Overview |journal=RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=1 |doi=10.7758/rsf.2017.3.2.01 |issn=2377-8253 |doi-access=free |s2cid=131768289}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Lawrence |first1=Denise L. |last2=Low |first2=Setha M. |date=1990 |title=The Built Environment and Spatial Form |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2155973 |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |volume=19 |pages=453–505 |doi=10.1146/annurev.an.19.100190.002321 |issn=0084-6570 |jstor=2155973|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-05|title=The Built Environment Assessment Tool Manual {{!}} DNPAO {{!}} CDC|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/built-environment-assessment/index.htm|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.cdc.gov|language=en-us}}</ref> These curated spaces provide the setting for human activity and were created to fulfill human desires and needs.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=McClure, Bartuska |first=Wendy, Tom |title=The Built Environment: A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2007 |edition=2nd |location=Canada and Hoboken, New Jersey |pages=5–6}}</ref> The term can refer to a plethora of components including the traditionally associated buildings, [[cities]], public infrastructure, [[transportation]], open space, as well as more conceptual components like [[farmlands]], dammed rivers, [[wildlife management]], and even [[domesticated animals]].<ref name=":8" /> [[File:Dubai Highrise.jpg|thumb|High-rise structures and major highway infrastructure as an example of the built environment in Dubai, UAE]]
The built environment is made up of physical features. However, when studied, the built environment often highlights the connection between physical space and social consequences.<ref name=":1" /> It impacts the environment<ref>{{Cite book |last=Omer |first=Abdeen Mustafa |title=Built Environment : Identifying, Developing, and Moving Sustainable Communities Through Renewable Energy |publisher=Nova Science Publishers, Inc. |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-63463-339-0 |location=e-book |pages=xxix}}</ref> and how society physically maneuvers and functions, as well as less tangible aspects of society such as socioeconomic inequity and health. Various aspects of the built environment contribute to scholarship on [[housing]] and [[Housing segregation in the United States|segregation]], physical activity, food access, [[climate change]], and [[environmental racism]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Carmona|first=Matthew|date=2019-01-02|title=Place value: place quality and its impact on health, social, economic and environmental outcomes|journal=Journal of Urban Design|volume=24|issue=1|pages=1–48|doi=10.1080/13574809.2018.1472523|s2cid=115751848|issn=1357-4809|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Ghimire |first1=Ramesh |last2=Ferreira |first2=Susana |last3=Green |first3=Gary T. |last4=Poudyal |first4=Neelam C. |last5=Cordell |first5=H. Ken |last6=Thapa |first6=Janani R. |date=June 2017 |title=Green Space and Adult Obesity in the United States |journal=Ecological Economics |volume=136 |pages=201–212 |doi=10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.02.002 |bibcode=2017EcoEc.136..201G |issn=0921-8009}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite journal |last=Rahman |first=T |author2=Cushing RA |author3=Jackson RJ |year=2011 |title=Contributions of built environment to childhood obesity |journal=Mt Sinai J Med |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=49–57 |doi=10.1002/msj.20235 |pmid=21259262}}</ref>