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| Article Name : | | | UNSAFE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT AND VULNERABLE INCOME GROUP IN URBAN HABITAT- KOLKATA (INDIA) | | Author Name : | | | Md. Julfikar Ali , Jaidul Islam | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4351 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The indoor environmental condition is badly affected by cooking smoke circulated within the house, bad sanitary condition within the house, improper dumping and storing of household solid waste in the house, noise beyond critical level, open, dirty and stagnant drainage system around the house, shortage of living space in the house, use of bio-fuels, etc.. People spend about 80 percent time in the indoor environment (house, office and vehicles), which is very much sufficient to effect the people's health condition. In urban areas most of the households are suffering from the bad condition of indoor-environmental quality that effect health of human being of varying income group. A calm and tranquil home environment is conducive to the healthier life. Quality of their lives depends on clean, decent, safe home environment in which people live and raise family. The present study aims at finding the quality of indoor environmental condition across the households of different income and socio-religious group in Kolkata Municipal Corporation. In the present study an attempt has been made to analyze the relationship between indoor environmental condition and associated human health. | | Keywords : | | |
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