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In a space habitat, establishing objective and meaningful relationships between the individual and the environment has been challenging due to multidirectional influences between system components. Feedback loops between behavioral health processes and outcomes complicate characterization of influence within the system. Yet, it remains crucial for habitat designers and stakeholders to trade design decisions and their associated risks. In this work, we have created a risk mapping of the impact of habitat design to behavioral health and performance outcomes in isolated, confined, and extreme environments. We leverage a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) to formalize habitat design parameters as powerful mediators between mission stressors and behavioral health outcomes. To represent the DAG accessibly, we created the\n                    <jats:italic>Human-Environment Connection &amp; Interaction Atlas<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"https:\/\/hecia.space\" ext-link-type=\"uri\">https:\/\/hecia.space<\/jats:ext-link>\n                    ), an interactive open-source platform. We conducted expert and user interviews to evaluate the underlying DAG and the usability of the tool. 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