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environment Search catalogue 294910050
Scope note
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates; the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity (New Oxford, 1998).
Narrower terms
social environment
urban environment
work environment
Related terms
ecosystems
environmental law
environmental policy
pollution
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Subject category
03.01 ENVIRONMENT GENERAL
Indexing history
Also covers publications on ecology, environmental degradation, environmental management, pollution and sustainable development (combine with development) indexed before 2006.
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