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DETRIMENTAL HEALTH [8 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Sociology
  • Urban Housing
DEF

An inhabitant of a residential building in which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faculty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factor, living conditions are considered to be detrimental to safety, health, and morals.

CONT

The thing about that last week of the war, in the mind of a 14-year-old London slum-dweller named Donald Wheal, was not the strange public mood of anxious hope, or the utterly blank canvas that was the future, or the sheer painful impossibility of daily life. It as the odour.

OBS

slum: A building ... that is deteriorated, hazardous, unsanitary, or lacking in standard convenience.

OBS

In English, "slum" may have two meanings: it can be either the deteriorated building or the area (neighbourhood) made of several such buildings.

OBS

slumdweller: This term is much more often found with a hyphen or a space between "slum" and "dweller".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
CONT

Précisons également que le Programme HABITAT vise à assurer à tous l'accès à un habitat approprié et d'améliorer la vie d'au moins cent millions d'habitants de taudis d'ici à 2020.

OBS

taudis : Logement, appartement misérable, qui ne satisfait pas aux conditions de confort et d'hygiène indispensables.

CONT

Quelque 900 millions d'habitants de taudis dans le monde respirent un air vicié et circulant dans des allées étroites couvertes de matières fétides et de sacs en plastique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Sociology
  • Urban Housing
DEF

An inhabitant of a predominantly residential area where, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factors, living conditions are considered to be detrimental to safety, health, and morals.

CONT

The thing about that last week of the war, in the mind of a 14-year-old London slum-dweller named Donald Wheal, was not the strange public mood of anxious hope, or the utterly blank canvas that was the future, or the sheer painful impossibility of daily life. It was the odour.

OBS

In English, "slum" may have two meanings: it can be either the deteriorated building or the area (neighbourhood) made of several such buildings.

OBS

slumdweller: This term is much more often found with a hyphen or a space between "slum" and "dweller".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
CONT

La vie des habitants d'un îlot insalubre autour de la rue du Moulin de la Pointe (13e). Le commentateur raconte la vie de chacune des familles, leur travail, leur destin.

CONT

Considérant les baux emphytéotiques conclus les 31 janvier et 19 juin 1975 au profit de l'Office Public d'Habitations à Loyer Modéré [...] en vue du relogement d'occupants d'îlots insalubres sur des terrains d'assiette municipaux, le Conseil est appelé à constater [...]

OBS

Le terme «ilôt insalubre» est utilisé en France pour désigner un quartier urbain composé principalement de taudis.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Sociology
DEF

A predominantly residential area where, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factors, living conditions are considered to be detrimental to safety, health and morals.

OBS

shanty town: The terms "shanty town" and "slum" are often used as synonyms, but should be kept separate because they denote two different urban phenomena. Slums are decaying, impoverished neighbourhoods in old, ready-built urban environments, whereas shanty towns are new neighbourhoods constructed of rickety materials on vacant land often at the outskirts of urban areas.

Key term(s)
  • shantytown

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Sociologie urbaine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ordenación urbana
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
  • Sociología urbana
CONT

De acuerdo a la definición de la ONU [Organización de las Naciones Unidas], barrio marginal es aquel que carece de una o más de las siguientes condiciones: acceso a agua potable, a sanidad, a espacio habitable suficiente, a una vivienda levantada con material sólido y el derecho de usufructo.

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Record 4 2017-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Noise Pollution
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The available evidence suggests that environmental noise in Toronto occurs at levels that could be detrimental to health.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Pollution par le bruit
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

On estime que la moitié de la population européenne vit dans un en­vironnement dont l’intensité sonore est préjudiciable à la santé [...]

OBS

préjudiciable à la santé : terme tiré du mini-lexique «Environnement et droit» et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2011-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Wastes
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A substance arising from activities at the mining facility which, if released in sufficient quantity or concentration, could have a detrimental effect upon the health and safety of any person or upon the environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets miniers
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Substance résultant des activités minières qui, si elle est rejetée en quantité ou en concentration suffisante, pourrait nuire à la santé et à la sécurité des personnes ou à l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
CONT

Extinguishing Effectiveness... total flooding Halon 1301 systems have caused some anxiety amongst museum personnel working in areas protected with halon gas. Fear of accidental discharges, detrimental health effects, products of decomposition, and the risk of being struck by flying objects are common safety concerns expressed by Museum employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Certains utilisateurs prévoient un double circuit de contrôle de détection [des incendies] [...] Ce double circuit évite les déclenchements intempestifs qui, en dehors des perturbations qu'ils provoquent, entraînent le rechargement des produits de protection.

CONT

[...] les systèmes d'extinction au halon 1301 ont soulevé des inquiétudes parmi le personnel travaillant dans les endroits protégés par ce gaz. La crainte d'une émission accidentelle, d'effets néfastes pour la santé, des produits de décomposition et le risque d'être atteints par des objets sont des préoccupations fréquentes exprimées par les employés des musées.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Health and Safety

French

Domaine(s)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
CONT

Dans toute situation qui pourrait nuire à la santé et à la sécurité des employés, vous devez demander l'avis de votre coordonnateur ministériel de la SST [santé et sécurité au travail].

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
CONT

The combination of highly-leveraged corporate balance sheets, high interest rates, and reduced demand--domestically and in key export markets--had a detrimental effect on corporate health. Business failures increased 25 and 21 per cent respectively in 1991 and 1990.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
CONT

Le fort endettement des entreprises, conjugué aux taux d'intérêt élevés et à la faible demande -- tant sur les marchés intérieurs que sur les marchés clés -- a nui à la santé des entreprises. Les faillites d'entreprises ont grimpé de 25 pour 100 en 1991 et de 21 pour 100 en 1990.

Spanish

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