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Housing & It’s Basic Requirements

Posted by: | on May 25, 2014

Housing & It's Basic Requirement

Housing

“Housing” in the modern concept includes not only the “physical structure” for providing protection and shelter but also includes the immediate surrounding and related community services and facilities. Residence is constructed for family life where a person gets physical and mental peace. World health organization (WHO) refers the term “Residential environment” where family can develop and flourish physically, mentally and socially and it includes all necessary services, facilities and equipment and devices needed for physical and mental health and social well-being.

Criteria for Healthful Housing

a) Physiological Needs

b) Psychological Needs

Social goals of Housing

Housing Standards

Site

Set Back

Floor

Walls

Walls should be reasonably weather resistant, smooth and plastered. 9 inch bricks should use.

Roof

Rooms Requirements

Doors and Windows

Kitchen

House must have a separate kitchen with proper drainage system, good water supply, impervious floor, proper ventilation and outlet for smoke.

Other Requirements

Places of Temporary Stay

  1. Hostels: They must be licensed and are regularly checked. Space per person should be at least 300 ft2. Adequate number of toilets must be available.
  2. Refugee Camps/Tents: There should be proper water supply and first aid facility available. The camps should be in a single row and there should be gap distance of atleast 10 feet in between them.

Effects of Poor Housing

Overcrowding

It refers to a situation in which more people are living within a single dwelling than there is a space for, so that movement is restricted, privacy secluded, hygiene impossible and rest and sleep difficult.

Effects of Overcrowding

Noise

Soil

It is the upper layer of earth’s crust. It is derived from the disintegration of rocks and decay of animals and plants of all kinds.

Classification

  1. Sand
  2. Gravel
  3. Clay
  4. Humus
  5. Made soil

Soil and Health




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