IAQ IN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH KOREA: THE IMPORTANCE OF AWARENESS AND A COORDINATED APPROACH

摘要

Air quality has an impact on health. Children are more vulnerable than adults. Because children are likely to spend at least a third of the day in school, air quality in schools and how it affects children' health, comfort and productivity has been attracting an increasing level of attention. This paper presents a summary of a literature review on this subject in S. Korean with the aim of contributing to identify general trends emerging from studies conducted worldwide. A specific focus of this paper is on identifying factors influencing the relationship between climate, surroundings, school characteristics, and Korean children' health. The conclusion is that, like in many other countries, despite the multiplicity of factors that impact the relationship IAQ-children' health, there is a clear need for increasing awareness among policy makers to enable a health focused comprehensive and coordinated approach to design of new schools and/or renovation of existing ones.