1st Edition
Health Ecology Health, Culture and Human-Environment Interaction
296 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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This ground-breaking study offers new challenges to those teaching, studying or developing strategies and policies in health and the environment.Bringing together a variety of approaches from different perspectives and different locations, the contributors examine the various dimensions of health ecology in a human ecology framework, examining how local, regional and global factors impinge upon the health and environment of individuals, communities and the globe.
1: Health ecology: an introduction; Part I: Health in macro ecosystems; 2: Good planets are hard to find; 3: Health and conservation; 4: Human health as an ecological problem; 5: Health through sustainable development; 6: Health and political ecology; Part II Health in micro ecosystems; 7: Health of women; 8: Health of children; 9: Healthy homes; Part III Selected case studies; 10: Health ecology and the biodiversity of natural medicine; 11: Health of rural and urban communities in developing countries; 12: Health and psychology of water; 13: Health Impact Assessment in Flanders
Biography
Morteza Honari, Thomas Boleyn
"Congratulations to this book for providing useful content for further thought", Health and Place 6 (2000)
"...the book is generally an excellent read and well presented, combining deep analytical and conceptual discussions with practical application and statistical analysis.", International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol.3, No.2, 2000
