Environment
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Environment refers to a complex of surrounding circumstances, conditions, or influences in which a thing is situated or is developed. Environment is the external forces affecting living things, while nature is the inner force.
It may also refer to:
- Natural environment, all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth.
- Built environment, manmade surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.
- Environmentalism, a concern with the preservation of the natural environment.
- Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact.
[1] [May 2007]
