Burridge R, Ormandy D. Unhealthy housing: research, remedies, and reform. London: Spon Press; 1993.
This collection of essays on housing in the United Kingdom summarizes research on housing and health and suggests options for change. The research reviewed in the book includes studies on the health consequences of cold or warm housing, damp housing, mold, high-rise housing, pest infestation, crowded housing, features of housing that lead to injuries, and homelessness. One chapter discusses the lack of indicators for healthy housing, despite the existence of many studies demonstrating associations between housing features and health. That chapter also presents a list of housing indicators in eight categories: 1) architecture and urban design; 2) housing administration; 3) societal factors; 4) household demography; 5) external and internal environmental conditions; 6) ergonomics and safety; 7) individual human factors; and 8) residential mobility and choice. Another chapter discusses the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method as a means to assess the impacts of new buildings on the health of building occupants and on the environment (e.g., air and water pollution issues, land use).
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