Marginal living space

Most people in the world live in conditions where they have no private space.

1. The median size of a new house built in the USA has risen from 102 square metres in 1949 to 129 sq metres in 1970 to 191 sq metres in 1993. Residential space per person has risen from 29 sq metres in 1950 to 69 sq metres in 1993.

1. Poor living conditions
2. Lack of space
3. Inadequate living and working conditions of immigrant labourers
4. Deteriorating quality of life

1. Ill treatment of prisoners of war
2. Depressing effect of poor housing construction

1. Urban slums
2. Overcrowding of housing and accommodation
3. Living alone
4. Insufficient rural housing
5. Excessively large families
6. Excessive proximity of worker housing
7. Enforced curtailment of living standards in borrower nations

1. Proliferation of second homes
2. Homelessness
3. Decreasing household size

1. Living simply

1. Marginalization