Poor living conditions

At the beginning of the millennium, an estimated one billion people around the world were inadequately housed: of these, more than 100 million were absolutely homeless. In most cities of the developing world, up to one half of the urban population lives in informal slum or squatter settlements.

1. Family poverty
2. Deterioration of living standards of workers
3. Denial of right to sufficient shelter

1. Urban slums
2. Unhealthy housing
3. Overcrowding of housing and accommodation
4. Marginal living space
5. Impermanent living conditions
6. Homelessness

1. Trachoma
2. Strikes
3. Rheumatic fever
4. Pathologies of civilization
5. Mental disorders of the aged
6. Inadequate welfare services for the blind
7. Human disease and disability
8. Dystrophy
9. Defective immune system
10. Children's diseases

1. Subsistence life style
2. Prohibitive cost of living

1. Erosion of biological diversity

1. War-time conditions and pressure
2. Inadequate working conditions

1. Researching effects of poor living conditions
2. Providing the poor with services
3. Providing decent living conditions
4. Living simply
5. Living basically

1. Poverty
2. Discomfort
3. Badness