Issue

Built environments  are defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "man-made structures, features, and facilities viewed collectively as an environment in which people live and work affect people's cognitive abilities, emotions, and overall well-being. There is extensive literature in environmental psychology about the many ways built environments and physical infrastructures affect us: they affect our ability to learn \cite{Temple2008}, to socialize \cite{Cattell2008}, our mental health (*find citation) and our overall well-being, which in turn affects our productivity \cite{Dune2017}
- They are connected to our memories
My approach/question
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Background
"Built environments" are defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "man-made structures, features, and facilities viewed collectively as an environment in which people live and work" (Built Environment). They are any human-made structure which we interact with on a regular basis. In "Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives," Sarah Williams Goldhagen explains the many ways in which the built environment affects us. In making the case for why urban planners and real estate developers should incorporate human-centered design principles in their work, Goldhagen points out a really interesting fact about how environments specifically affect our cognition. She claims that when we recall an autobiographical memory, we also recall the spacial context (a room, a street) around it. She further explains that long-term, autobiographical memories are stored within the part of the brain called hippocampus "and the adjacent parahippocampal region," which are parts of the brain that also facilitate our ability to navigate spaces. This all means that memories and spaces are inextricably linked.