Healthy and sustainable spaces, biosafety and wastes - doi:10.5020/18061230.2011.p274

Abstract

Objective: To address the factors needed to develop an action plan towards building healthy public policy within the housing. Data Synthesis: As applied method, we combine concept and practice of healthy housing and other related concepts such as environment and healthy surroundings, standard housing, risk factor, primary environmental care, environmental health surveillance and on the dimensions of housing: cultural, economic, ecological, sociological and human health. Therefore, we characterize the methodology as applicable to different diagnoses for building healthy and sustainable spaces. The strategy applied to healthy housing and the residential unit is an instrument for biosafety assessment of risk factors in environmental management of spaces and their waste. Conclusions: The process of transforming a residential unit in a healthy and sustainable space, which demands the fulfillment of basic human requirements, is fundamental to its incorporation into environmental health policies, which guidelines are needed to support implementation of actions, whether of individual and/or of collective nature.