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Des fr Lovo Hoesing 7 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

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