human ecology
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Encyclopedic overview
Part of the built environment – suburban tract housing in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Human ecology is the interdisciplinary study of the relationships between humans and their natural, social, and built environments. Emerging from ecology and the social sciences in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it integrates perspectives from biology, geography, sociology, anthropology, psychology, public health, and related fields.
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