Asthma is on the rise in a number of countries, in this volume Howieson asks what role the built environment has to play and what the construction industry can do to either slow the increase or reverse the trend. Based on the findings of a six-year research project, this book considers all aspects of housing to develop new strategies for dealing with the asthma pandemic in Britain and beyond. With the focus on the design and use pattern of our dwellings, the book looks at tackling the problems inherent in existing housing as well as forging guiding principles for the design of new dwellings, together with a financial assessment of the proposals.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate
Illustrationen
27 s/w Abbildungen, 41 s/w Zeichnungen
41 Line drawings, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-415-33645-1 (9780415336451)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stirling Howieson
Autor*in
Strathclyde University, UK
Introduction 1. The Aetiology of Asthma 2. The Ecology and Physiology of the House Dust Mite (HDM) 3. The Indoor Environment and the House Dust Mite 4. Housing and Health 5. Historical Changes in Domestic Ventilation Regimes 6. Designing a Double Blind Placebo Controlled Interventionist Trial 7. Key Findings and Discussion 8. Scoping the Confounding Variables 9. Hazardous Indoor Pollutants 10. Air Tightness and Ventilation Rates 11. Developing a New Low Allergen Prototype Dwelling 12. A Fiscal Strategy 13. Conclusions and Recommendations
