built environment
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌbɪlt ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us/ˌbɪlt ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/thepartsof theplacesin which welivethat have beenbuiltbypeople, forexamplebuildingsandstreets,ratherthan thepartsthatexistinnature:
Hearguesthatcarsoccupytoo much of aprivilegedplaceinthebuiltenvironment.
Thearchitectreshapedourbuiltenvironmentwithbridgesandbuildingsthat are amonumentto histimes.
Wewanttoinspiremoreinterestin Chicago'sbuiltenvironment.
- We need toensurethat thebuiltenvironmentof thefutureisfitfor us tolivein.
- The Bauhausschoolidentifiedthehugenumberofwaysin which thebuiltenvironmentaffectsthe way welive.
- Thequalityofourbuiltenvironmentdependson us notrepeatingthemistakesof the past in newconstructionprojects.
- She isinterestedin theinteractionofnatureandbuiltenvironments.
Civil engineering in general
- caisson
- civil engineer
- civil engineering
- engineer
- geotechnical
- geotechnology
- landscape
- planner
- planning
- planning permission
- purpose-built
- reclamation
- redevelop
- redevelopment
- subsea
- surveyor
- town planner
- town planning
- trig point
- urbanized
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