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	Environment may refer to: Built environment Built environment The phrase built environment refers to the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for anthropogenic, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.... , constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places. Natural environment Natural environment The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all life and non-living things occurring nature on Earth or some region thereof.... , all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth Environment (biophysical) Environment (biophysical) The biophysical environment is the symbiosis between the physics environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and include all variables that comprise the Earth's biosphere.... , the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism. Environments (series) Environments (series) Environments is a series of LP albums, Compact Cassettes, Stereo 8 and Compact Discs created by producer and sound recordist Irving S. Teibel for Syntonic Research Inc.... A series of LPs, cassettes and CDs depicting natural sounds Environmental art Environmental art The term Environmental Art is used in two different senses.The term can be used generally to refer to art dealing with ecological issues and/or the natural , such as the formal, the political, the historical, or the social context.... Environmental determinism Environmental determinism Environmental determinism, also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism, is the view that the physical environment, rather than social conditions, determines culture.... Environmental policy Environmental policy Environmental policy is any action deliberately taken to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on humans.... Environmental psychology Environmental psychology Environmental psychology is an interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings. The field defines the term environment very broadly including all that is natural on the planet as well as social settings, built environments, learning environments and informational environments.... Environmental quality Environmental quality Environmental quality is a set of properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or local, as they impinge on human beings and other organisms.... Environmental science Environmental science Environmental science is an expression encompassing the wide range of scientific disciplines that need to be brought together to understand and manage the natural environment and the many interactions among physics, chemistry, and biology components.... , the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment Social environment Social environment The social environment ,also known as the milieu, is the identical or similar social positions and social roles as a whole that influence the individuals of a group.... , the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact In computing: Desktop environment Desktop environment In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface that is based on the desktop metaphor which can be seen on most modern personal computers today.... , in computing, is graphical user interface to the computer Environment variable Environment variable Environment variables are a set of dynamic named Value s that can affect the way running computer process will behave on a computer.... , the set of environments defined in a process Integrated development environment Integrated development environment An integrated development environment also known as integrated design environment or integrated debugging environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.... , a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software Runtime environment, a virtual machine state which provides software services for processes or programs while a computer is running See also Ambient Category:Environment, for articles relating to the effect of human activity on the environment Ecology Ecology Ecology is the science study of the distribution and Abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their nature environment .... , a sub-discipline of biology often confused with the environment in general Environmental movement Environmental movement The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation movement and green movement movements, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues.... Environmentalism Environmentalism Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the Conservation movement and improvement of the environment .... , a concern with the preservation of the environment List of environmental issues List of environmental issues This is a list of environmental issues that are due to human activity. These articles relate to the anthropogenic effects on the natural environment....