Indoor Air Quality Vulnerability: Neighbourhood Insights for England and Wales
Nowadays, people in the Global North spend most of their time indoors (80-90%). Indoor air pollution has therefore become a major health concern and is increasingly recognised as an issue of environmental and social justice. Vulnerability to indoor air pollution is often interrelated with the health impacts of living in a cold home, and the activities of those living in fuel poverty, including rationing of energy or living homes that are difficult to heat, can promote the growth of mould or poor ventilation. Both exposure to poor-quality ambient environments (surrounding physical and material chemical conditions in a specific area) and vulnerability to adverse effects on health and well-being are disproportionately impacting specific neighbourhoods.