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12, Designs for Low-Cost Housing: Presentations in Workshop 3
1 Design t0 Improve Health in Low-lacome
‘Housing in Amman
When we design new dwvelings and services for low:
Income fais, we assume that what we design Will pro
Vide heather vironment. Bu we donot often ask why
{he existing structures are unhealthy o, i thenew dese:
do bring an improvement, why they’ do. 1 i the way
people live, regardless of the physical circumstances
imposed upon them, that makes some families healthier
than others?
‘A project group in Amman set out to answer these
‘questions, and ithas now some up with ase of measure
‘ments that show how housing types, even within a rela
tively unvaried physical sting, can play a major roe in