Urban housing dynamics play a crucial role in determining the health hazards faced by urban populations. A range of factors including the quality of housing, access to basic amenities, urban planning, and the presence of environmental hazards can all impact the health of residents. Although the association between the built environment and health is not easy, the effect of buildings on health, particularly housing, has been acknowledged for over a century. The interaction between health and housing has remained comparatively overlooked by researchers and policy makers, but currently nations and world leaders are looking for ways to improve health and wellbeing of their citizens. The multidimensional and complex determinants of health span both the social, economic, psychosocial space, and the physical environments. The effects of the built environment on health can be direct, for example, by influencing environmental quality, or indirect, by influencing behaviors that impact disease diffusion and health. Hence, we try to explore the different types of health and wellbeing risks in the urban environment. A brief literature based article provides an overview of the ways in which the urban built environment can affect human health, portrays how health hazards in housing are associated and apprehension for the health-housing link.
Keywords: Urban, Housing, Health, Well-being, Quality of Life, Hazards, Environment.
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