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Necropolitics is a sociopolitical theory of the use of social and political power to dictate how some people may live and how some must die. The deployment of necropolitics creates what Achille Mbembe calls deathworlds, or "new and unique forms of social existence in which vast populations are subjected to living conditions that confer upon them the status of the living dead."
Historically, unsanitary conditions and overcrowding within cities and urban environments have led to infectious diseases and other health threats. [28] Dating back to Georges-Eugene Haussmann's comprehensive plans for urban Paris in the 1850s, concern for lack of air-flow and sanitary living conditions has inspired many strong city planning ...
Activities of daily living (ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status .
Inspectors say some of the conditions people are living in are "horrendous". The levels of damp and mould found in a bedroom are described as "the worst" inspectors have seen [Emma Baugh/BBC News] ...
Longevity is a highly plastic trait, and traits that influence its components respond to physical (static) environments and to wide-ranging life-style changes: physical exercise, dietary habits, living conditions, and pharmaceutical as well as nutritional interventions.
Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society. A contributing factor to an individual's quality of life , standard of living is generally concerned with objective metrics outside an individual's personal control, such as economic , societal, political, and environmental matters ...
Living longer doesn’t always mean living healthier. That’s according to a study published in JAMA Network Open, which found a "widening gap between lifespan and healthspan" among 183 countries.
Ecological niche – Fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions; Habitat conservation – Management practice for protecting types of environments; Habitat destruction – Process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species: the loss of habitat