Housing and Health: Here We Go Again

Lorenzo Capasso and Daniela D’Alessandro
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Lorenzo Capasso: Italian Ministry of Education, USR Abruzzo (Regional Office of Abruzzi), 66100 Chieti, Italy
Daniela D’Alessandro: Department of Civil Building and Environmental Engineering, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-9

Abstract: Housing is one of the major determinants of human health and the current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted its relevance. The authors summarize the main issues, including dimensional standards, indoor air quality, safety, accessibility, neighborhoods, and area characteristics. The authors propose an operating scheme in order to implement actions to improve residential wellbeing on a local, national, and international level.

Keywords: housing and health; built environment; indoor health; public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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