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Environmental design

Scope note

Use for the planning discipline concerned with the physical environment and any and all human involvement with it, with the general objective of assuring proper habitat for people, animals, and plants and the resources upon which they depend. For the branch of architecture that deals with the design of the scenic environment, including green spaces, accompanying structures, and roadways, with the aim of creating a natural setting for human structures and settlements, use "landscape architecture."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000251190

Broader Terms used

planning

Narrower Terms used

permaculture

Created

13yrs ago

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