Ecosystem Change and Public Health

A Global Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6582-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

Recognized as an outstanding educational product by the 2001 NASA Earth Science Enterprise Education Product Peer Review

"The purpose of this textbook on global ecosystem change and human health is twofold:(1) to raise awareness of changes in human health related to global ecosystem change and (2) to expand the scope of the traditional curriculum in environmental health to include the interactions of major environmental forces and public health on a global scale."—from the Introduction

Ecosystem Change and Public Health focuses on how human health is affected by global ecosystem changes. It is the first textbook devoted to this emerging field, offering a global perspective on research methods and emphasizing empirical investigations of health outcomes in combination with integrated assessment for policy development. The book covers such topics as global climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, water resources management, and ecology and infectious disease. Case studies of cholera, malaria, the effects of water resources, and global climate change and air pollution illustrate the analysis and methodology. The book also includes a resource center describing places to start searches on the World Wide Web, guidelines for finding and evaluating information, suggested study projects, and strategies for encouraging communication among course participants.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aron, Joan L

Patz, Jonathan A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Foreword, by Carlos Morel
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: How to Use This Book
Part I: Approches
Chapter 1. Information on Issues of Global Change
Chapter 2. Epidemiological Study Designs
Chapter 3. Geographical Information Sysytems
Chapter 4. The Science/Policy Interface
Chapter 5. Integrated Assessment
Part II: Environmenal Changes
Chapter 6. Human Populations in the Shared Environment
Chapter 7. The Changing Chemistry of Earth's Atmosphere
Chapter 8. An Earth Science Perspective on Global Change
Chapter 9. Water Resources Management
Chapter 10. Ecology and Infectious Disease
Part III: Case Studies
Chapter 11. Cholera and Global Ecosystems
Chapter 12. Malaria and Global Ecosystem Change
Chapter 13. Global Climate Change and Air Pollution: Interactions and Their Effects on Human Health
Chapter 14. Too Little, Too Much: How the Quantity of Water Affetcs Human Healthn
A. Stimulating Inquiry: Textbooks and Information Literacy in the Internet Environment
B. The Resource Center
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patz, Jonathan A
Jonathan A. Patz, M.D., M.P.H. is an assistant professor and director of the Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental Change in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Aron, Joan L
Joan L. Aron, Ph.D. is president of Science Communication Studies and an associate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Joan L. Aron, Ph.D. is president of Science Communication Studies and an associate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Jonathan A. Patz, M.D., M.P.H. is an assistant professor and director of the Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental Change in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.