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Behavioural design
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<p>Behavioural design is a sub-category of <a href="/facts/Design/kR4GNeja">design</a>, which is concerned with how design can shape, or be used to influence human behaviour. All approaches of design for <a href="/facts/Behavior_change_(public_health)/Fyj08BA9">behaviour change</a> acknowledge that artifacts have an important influence on human behaviour and/or behavioural decisions. They strongly draw on <a href="/facts/Behavioural_change_theories/1HqJ20jB">theories of behavioural change</a>, including the division into personal, behavioural, and environmental characteristics as drivers for behaviour change. Areas in which design for behaviour change has been most commonly applied include health and wellbeing, sustainability, safety and social context, as well as <a href="/facts/Crime_prevention/BNsw5Pqs">crime prevention</a>. </p>