Executive Board : 2003, Document, No. Eb111. R3: EB111.R3 ; Real Estate Fund

By World Health Organization

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Title:	Executive Board : 2003, Document, No. Eb111. R3: EB111.R3 ; Real Estate Fund
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The global aspects of hcalth problems of human settlements were the subject of papers submitted by WHO to Habitat: the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements held in Vancouver in MaylJune 1976. Just bcfore that Conference the Technical Discussions held during the Twentyninth World Health Assembly had been concerned with the administrative and technical medical problems of the subject. It was apparent that many countries in Europe and elsewhere, under pressure of increasing populations, growing population movements and the application of tnodern scientific and industrial technulogy, were facing new and serious problems. In the European Region a consultative meeting was held in Dccember 1976, when priority items identified for further study were given in an annex to the report of the meeting (also annexed hereto). It is now necessaly to consider these subjects with a view to formulating a morc defmitive plan for the European Region.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 . Social aspects of housing and environmental health . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Space and population density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Past experience and Icssons for thc futurc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 . Present problems of housing hygiene in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I 3.1 Indoor rnicroclitnate and air quality, including heating, air conditionin$. air circulation and pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.2 llluminatiorl and natural sunlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.3 Building structure and fittings. and environmental safety . . . . . 13 3.4 Immediate natural environment and nearby recreation and leisure facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.5 Corr~municationsa nd transport in residential areas . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.6 Energy conservation and environmental health in houses and settletnents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.7 Lcgal incentives to irnprove housing and environmental health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.8 Experimental housing settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4 . The housing cnvironnicnl and urban planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4.1 Slum problems of city centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4.2 Suburban housing for the affluent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4.3 Shanty towns and rnobilc homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.4 Remedial action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 S . Priority health problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24