Zusatztext ' This book makes a valuable contribution to an evidence base which demonstrates that investment in housing! and the factors that contribute to healthy housing! is much more tan an investment in bricks and mortar. Rather! it is an investment in the health and well-being of society.' Health Sociology Review! January 2008 Informationen zum Autor Dr Jonathan Healy is the Policy and Research Analyst at the Combat Poverty Agency! Ireland. Zusammenfassung The first fully comparative study of fuel poverty across the EU, this work analyses the relationship between domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and health. The book adopts a holistic approach, incorporating a large number of social and economic risk factors to present a large-scale, cross-country, longitudinal analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Housing deprivation in the EU; Fuel poverty in the EU: developing a composite measurement; The severity of fuel poverty in Ireland; Housing deprivation and self-reported health in the EU; Fuel poverty and health in Ireland; Fuel-poor households and risk factors; Fuel poverty! thermal comfort and household occupancy in Ireland; Excess winter mortality in the EU: identifying key risk factors; Policy implications! strategies and recommendations; Summary and conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Autorentext
Dr Jonathan Healy is the Policy and Research Analyst at the Combat Poverty Agency, Ireland.

Zusammenfassung
The first fully comparative study of fuel poverty across the EU, this work analyses the relationship between domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and health. The book adopts a holistic approach, incorporating a large number of social and economic risk factors to present a large-scale, cross-country, longitudinal analysis.

Inhalt
Contents: Introduction; Housing deprivation in the EU; Fuel poverty in the EU: developing a composite measurement; The severity of fuel poverty in Ireland; Housing deprivation and self-reported health in the EU; Fuel poverty and health in Ireland; Fuel-poor households and risk factors; Fuel poverty, thermal comfort and household occupancy in Ireland; Excess winter mortality in the EU: identifying key risk factors; Policy implications, strategies and recommendations; Summary and conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.