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SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
DEF

The immediate physical and social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
DEF

Environnement physique et social immédiat dans lequel se produit une situation donnée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
CONT

The social environment includes the groups to which we belong, the neighborhoods in which we live, the organization of our workplaces, and the policies we create to order our lives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología
DEF

Marco de vida donde el hombre desenvuelve su existencia.

OBS

Las formas medioambiente y medio ambiente son correctas, aunque es preferible la grafía simple. Las palabras que pierden su acento al pronunciarse junto a otras tienden a escribirse unidas [...] acuerdo con la Ortografía de la lengua española. [...] Por otro lado, cuando forma parte de la denominación de un organismo se aconseja respetar la forma que aparece en el nombre de la institución [...] El plural de medioambiente es medioambientes y el adjetivo derivado es medioambiental, en una sola palabra.

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Record 3 1989-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

The application requirements are governed by regulation. Included in this regulation is a requirement for identification and preliminary assessment of any impacts of the project on the physical, biological, and social environments, and proposals for reducing negative impacts and obtaining the maximum benefits from positive impacts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Partie du milieu dominée par l'homme, ses activités et ses relations avec ses semblables et avec le milieu naturel. L'étude du milieu humain porte notamment sur les facteurs socio-économiques et l'influence de l'homme sur la nature, à titre d'exploitant ou d'aménagiste.

OBS

Employer de préférence le terme «milieu humain».

Spanish

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