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THEME PAPER
The health of a city depends and social well-being, relying and biodiversity.
upon integrity of land uses and on the immediate housing • Building services and HVAC
safeguarding adequate open environment, and the extent to (heating, ventilation and air
spaces and protect living and which this provides access to conditioning), lighting, water
working areas from hazardous services, green space, and public sanitation, etc.
and polluting activities, such transport options, as well as Net zero energy building,
as, industry, heavy traffic, protection from pollution. black hole technology, big
wholesale trade, etc. The land For housing to be adequate, data analytics, SCADA, ERP
use plan and density pattern the following seven criteria solutions, Integrated Digital
should strike a balance between must be met: security of tenure, Control System and Satellite
the aspects of crowding, health availability of services, materials, Surveillance can be explored.
and traffic generation, besides facilities and infrastructure, According to the Covid 19
conserving the greenery and affordability, habitability, Guidelines for Air-conditioning
urban ecology. accessibility, location and and Ventilation, issued by the
According to the cultural adequacy. The housing CPWD (22nd April 2020), low
recommendations of the World should cater specially to women, temperatures are optimal for air-
Health Organization (WHO), the children and the aged ((UN borne influenza virus survival,
hospital beds: population ratio Habitat & WHO, 2020). which decreases progressively
to be achieved is 5 per thousand The healthy, environmentally at higher temperature. As such,
persons, whereas in 2011 the responsible and resource- room temperature should be
bed- persons ratio in Delhi was efficient housing integrates the set at 240 to 300 C, humidity of
2.55. There has been very little following: 40% to70% with fresh air flow to
increase in the number of beds inactivate aerosol droplet virus.
per thousand persons over the • Sustainable and healthy site The housing development
last 20 years. It is estimated that planning, location, density, should adopt and conform to
the total number of hospital beds mobility, living-work GRI mapping and interaction
required in Delhi in the year 2021 relationship and building among the SDGs, AA 1000 and
will be about 115,000. In order regulations. AS 2008 principles, Assurance
to meet the requirements of • Building envelope and built Standards, SOPs, Disclosure
health related infrastructure, it is space, social distancing, and Reporting Procedures, and
necessary to review and enhance privacy and safety. Supply Chain Management.
the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for • Energy conservation,
health facilities and retrofitting/ renewable energy and net- Healthy and sustainable
rebuilding of the old hospitals zero energy buildings. development involves reducing
in optimising the capacities of emissions by compact and dense
hospitals, health centres, nursing • Indoor quality, ventilation, development. According to the
homes, dispensaries, poly sun and thermal comfort. IPCC (Climate Change Report,
clinics, path labs, health centres • Sustainable building 2014, WG III) the critical aspects
for Senior Citizens and Mentally resources with high recycled of spatial planning for clean air
Challenged, maternity homes, and renewable content and comprise:
paediatric centres, etc. low VOCs emissions and • Density, FAR optimisation;
odour.
Healthy housing supports a state • Land use (mix of activities,
of complete physical, mental • Reduced building footprint, population);
depletion of natural resources
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