Human habitats are any habitats intended for humans. These can include human residences, places of work and recreation. They can range in scale from individual houses to whole cities.

The term habitat comes from ecology, and includes many interrelated features, especially the immediate physical environment, the urban environment or the social environment.

Specific human habitats include:

Dwellings and shelters

houses, dugouts, yaodongs, tents, camps, campers, huts.

Settlements

hamlets, villages, towns, cities, squatter camps, shanty towns.

Intentional communities

Kibbutzim, commune, ecovillages.

Other

Offices, Prisons, Monasteries

A more extensive list can be found in Category:Human habitats.

See also

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• built environment
• town planning
• Sustainable habitat
• Habitat for Humanity International a charity related to housing.

Human habitats