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environmental design

American  

noun

  1. the ordering of the large-scale aspects of the environment by means of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, urban planning, regional planning, etc., usually in combination.

  2. the study or practice of this.


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Unlike the rejected Poseidon desalination plant, Doheny will tie into a municipal system and feature a better environmental design, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2022

It’s no coincidence that the game often resembles the early Resident Evil titles in its environmental design.

From The Guardian Jun. 24, 2020

From the loathsome lusus naturae of behemoth horror series to the sprawling cosmopolis of complex management simulators, video games often feature wrenched contortions of the natural world as core tenets in environmental design.

From The Verge Feb. 13, 2020

Susannah Drake, an architect at DLANDstudio focusing on environmental design, said that city climate adaptation is absolutely a matter of safety.

From Slate Oct. 11, 2019

He is the son of Hyun-Young Nah and Saeyoung Chang of Henderson, Nev. Until 1984 the groom’s mother was an instructor of landscape and environmental design at Seoul City University and Seoul National University.

From New York Times Dec. 23, 2018

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