Health Ecology: Health, Culture and Human-Environment Interaction

by Morteza Honari, Thomas Boleyn

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415154468
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/22/1999
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Morteza Honari, Thomas Boleyn

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Bringing together a variety of approaches from different perspectives and different locations, 13 contributions examine the various dimensions of health ecology in a human ecology framework, looking at how local, regional, and global factors impinge upon the health and environment of individuals, communities, and the globe. Contributors from the fields of human ecology, public health and policy, sociology, anthropology, and geology draw on examples from Australia, Indonesia, Spain, Belgium, and North America in an effort to examine such issues as health in urban and rural areas, child health from and ecological perspective, healthy homes, health within a political context, health and sustainable development, and health promotion and the media. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"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

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