The phrase "avoiding environment" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a context or situation where one is trying to avoid certain environmental factors, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "In order to succeed, we must focus on avoiding an environment that fosters negativity."
Alternatives: "preventing exposure" or "steering clear of surroundings".
Since a key symptom of PTSD involves avoiding environments related to the traumatic event, employees traumatized at work often have extreme difficulty returning to their place of employment [ 7].
I still have to be careful – I don't drink to excess or sleep in, and I try to avoid environments which I know might be tricky.
People with motor disabilities usually need information to avoid environments with obstacles, to arrive at a target or to manage touchscreens in daily activities and different environments.
Science bloggers Emily Willingham and PZ Myers, for example, say it is ludicrous to blame women for choosing to avoid environments in which they are not welcome.
This conch avoids environments with a high density of Enhalus acoroides, a large seagrass native to coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
Additionally, species may behaviourally avoid environments near their upper thermal limit as a safety margin [ 16, 17].
This type of sensory navigation allows animals to avoid environments of noxious cold and heat, with the goal of remaining in physiologically suitable ambient temperatures.
Juvenile B6 mice also avoided environments that were paired with social isolation, preferring to spend time in the compartment of the test arena that contained a set of completely novel environmental cues (Fig. 5c; orthogonal contrast for isolation avoidance vs. novelty groups, F1,90= 13.0, P < 0.001).
In the common sense, migration is considered by many authors as a mechanism for avoiding unfavorable environments by moving to expectedly more auspicious locations at different times.
I've seen authorities use this crime equation to teach us how you can break up the equation by avoiding vulnerable environments and not giving the criminal the opportunity to make a victim -- thus promoting physical safety.
