Emma Hutchinson, Sari Kovats

Environment, Health and Sustainable Development, 2nd Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines key factors that affect public health, underlying concepts and the history of environmental health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open University Press
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780335245376
• ISBN-10: 0335245374
• Artikelnr.: 45621199

Autorenporträt

Emma Hutchinson is a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and module organiser of Environment, Health and Sustainable Development on the Distance Learning MSc programme in Public Health. Sari Kovats is a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health. Contributors: Araceli Busby, Emma Hutchinson, Sari Kovats, Marie-Jose Lopez, James Milner, Debapriya Mondal, Virginia Murray, Rachel Peletz, Noah Scovronick, Carolyn Stephens and Cathryn Tonne. Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Introduction and concepts Introduction Assessing the impact of
the environment on health Changing pressures on health and the environment
Section 2: Environmental hazards Chemicals in the environment
Water and sanitation Housing and indoor environment Outdoor air pollution
and road transport Waste The urban environment and health Disasters Energy
Global climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion Ecosystem services
and public health Section 3: Policy 14 Action at global and local levels