Open AccessGive me shelter: the global housing crisis.
Author(s) -
Valerie J. Brown
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.111-a92
Subject(s) - sanitation , environmental health , developing country , business , indoor air quality , waterborne diseases , air quality index , scale (ratio) , global health , environmental planning , public health , environmental protection , natural resource economics , geography , economic growth , water quality , environmental science , medicine , environmental engineering , economics , ecology , cartography , nursing , meteorology , biology
In both developed and developing countries around the world, the health of significant numbers of people is adversely affected by a lack of adequate housing. Large-scale migrations into already crowded developing nation cities compound existing health problems associated with poor indoor air quality, contaminated drinking water, and limited sanitation infrastructure. In the developed world, lead exposure, indoor air quality, and asthma are among the most serious and costly housing-related health risks.