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Built environment

2025-01-09 | ScienceDirect

The built environment refers to the physical human-made environment where human activity occurs. Its components can be organized in several ways, for example, land use, transport systems, urban design, and housing. The built environment can influence SWB through pathways that mostly correspond to life domains. The pathways linking the built environment to SWB mainly in seven domains: travel, leisure, work, social relationships, residential well-being, emotional responses, and health.

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Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275121001293

Edited and translated by Ma Chenshuo