Health ecology : health, culture, and human-environment interaction / edited by Morteza Honari and Thomas Boleyn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunarī, Murtaz̤á.

Boleyn, Thomas, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Human ecology--Health aspects.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 276 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Health Ecology presents an introduction to examining health from a human ecological perspective. 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.; Experts from human ecology, public health and policy, sociology, anthropology and geography, draw on a range of global examples - spanning Australia, Japan, Spain, Belgium, N. America - to examine issues such as: health in urban and rural areas, child health from an ecological perspective, healthy homes, health within a political context, health and sustainable development, and health promotion and the media.; Setting out new foundations for Health Ecology, which aims to create and maintain a sustainable state of health for human beings in a healthy environment, this book offers new challenges to those teaching, studying or developing strategies and policies in health and the environment.; Hossein Adibi, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Cristina Bernis, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, Dr.

Contents:

pt. 1. Health in macro ecosystems

pt. 2. Health in micro ecosystems

pt. 3. Selected case studies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-73426-3

1-134-73427-1

1-280-13983-8

9786610139835

0-203-98254-1

9780203982549

OCLC:

854968384