The term habitat comes from ecology, and includes many interrelated features, especially the immediate physical environment, the urban environment or the social environment. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The social environment is the direct influence of a group of individuals and their contributions to this environment, as both groups and individuals who are in frequent communication with each other within their cultural or socio-economical strata, which create role identity(-ies) and guide the individuals self (sociology...

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.-1... A house in Pathanapuram, Kerala (India). ... A dugout or dug-out is a shelter dug out of the ground. ... This article is about artificial caves used as dwellings, especially those in north China called yaodongs, as opposed to natural caves. ... Military tents U.S. Army tent with constructed wooden entrance, climate control unit and sandbags for protection. ... Campsites are often situated in or near forests. ... Camper can be one of several things: an automobile used for camping, see recreational vehicle. ... A typical jungle hut in Brazilian Amazonia, made of straw and supported by stilts. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Shanty town near Cape Town, South Africa Shanty towns (sometimes called bidonvilles) or the academic term informal settlements, are units of irregular low-cost and — usually on lands belonging to third parties, most often located in the periphery of the cities. ... Shanty town in Manila, Philippines. ... ... A kibbutz קיבוץ (Hebrew, pl. ... A Commune is a kind of intentional community where most resources are shared and there is little or no personal property. ... Ecovillages are intended to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable intentional communities. ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... Monastery of St. ...

See also

• Neighborhood Watch
• Built environment
• Habitat for Humanity International a charity related to housing.
• India Habitat Centre
• Town planning
• Sustainable habitat