Environment, health and sustainable development
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Environment, health and sustainable development
（Understanding public health）
Open University Press, 2006
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアジア専攻
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Longstanding evidence of the links between the environment and health have led to a recognition of the need for sustainable development. This is equally true in low, middle and high income countries. One of the great challenges for public health practitioners is to understand and try to modify the relationship between the environment and health in the face of development. This book examines the underlying concepts, the history of environmental health, and the key factors that affect public health including:
Air pollution
Water contamination
Industrial hazards
Agricultural hazards
The increasing impact of global environmental issues is explored as they affect countries throughout the world.Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
Table of Contents
Overview Section One: Health and the environment
1.Introduction to health, environment and sustainable development
2.Environment and the development of public health
3.Changing pressures on health and the environment
Section Two: Environmental quality
4.Environmental quality and human activity
5.Energy use and sustainable development
6.Waste
7.Water and sanitation
8.Outdoor air pollution
9.The indoor environment
Section Three: Global issues
10.Global climate change and human health
11.The balance of ecosystems and human health
12.Disasters
13.The urban environment and health
14.Action at global and local level on health, environment and sustainable development
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Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
