A Holistic Approach To Safer Housing
Holism - noun - The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole; "holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"; "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states" [ant: atomic theory]
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Building safer housing means not just using safer products. We have to plan and design the whole way people will live and use this safer house. It is important that we examine each part of the process and carefully analyze its relationship to all the other parts of the process.
This process includes:
Site selection and land planning Building design Materials selection Construction methods Air exchanges Electrical systems Maintainability Life Management
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