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Housing And Health In Beijing: Implications Of High-Rise Housing On Children And The Aged, Solvig Ekblad, Finn Werne
Housing And Health In Beijing: Implications Of High-Rise Housing On Children And The Aged, Solvig Ekblad, Finn Werne
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The authors are at present engaged in a Swedish-Chinese interdisciplinary and crossectional project on housing and health in Beijing. This article is concerned with a literature review on the topic and general observations during two recent visits to China.
After some basic assumptions concerning high-rise dwellings, private space and life style, this paper contains explicit comparisons of the design, use and experience of traditional courtyard houses, flats in midrise and high-rise buildings as well as a comparisons of two vulnerable groups , i.e., children and elderly residents.
The article ends with a discussion, and the authors conclude that city planning …
Factors In Urban Stress, Ian Burton
Factors In Urban Stress, Ian Burton
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper examines changing patterns of health, causes and effects of urban stress, and approaches to the management of stress.