Oceans and Human Health: Implications for Society and Well-Being - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1119941318 ISBN 13 : 9781119941316

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Human health and well-being are tied to the vitality of the global ocean and coastal systems on which so many live and rely. We engage with these extraordinary environments to enhance both our health and our well-being. But, we need to recognize that introducing contaminants and otherwise altering these ocean systems can harm human health and well-being in significant and substantial ways. These are complex, challenging, and critically important themes. How the human relationship to the oceans evolves in coming decades may be one of the most important connections in understanding our personal and social well-being. Yet, our understanding of this relationship is far too limited. This remarkable volume brings experts from diverse disciplines and builds a workable understanding of breadth and depth of the processes -- both social and environmental -- that will help us to limit future costs and enhance the benefits of sustainable marine systems. In particular, the authors have developed a shared view that the global coastal environment is under threat through intensified natural resource utilization, as well as changes to global climate and other environmental systems.All these changes contribute individually, but more importantly cumulatively, to higher risks for public health and to the global burden of disease. This pioneering book will be of value to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in public health, environmental, economic, and policy fields. Additionally, the treatment of these complex systems is of essential value to the policy community responsible for these questions and to the broader audience for whom these issues are more directly connected to their own health and well-being. " The seas across this planet and their effects on human society and its destiny are a fascinating subject for analysis and insights derived from intellectual inquiry. This diverse and complex subject necessarily requires a blending of knowledge

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert E. Bowen
School for the Environment
University of Massachusetts Boston. USA

Cinnamon P. Carlarne
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University. USA

Michael H. Depledge
European Centre for Environment and Human Health
University of Exeter Medical School. United Kingdom

Lora E. Fleming
European Centre for Environment and Human Health
University of Exeter Medical School. United Kingdom

Revue de presse :

This book truly needs a wide readership, particularly among management, political, and public policy personnel. . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.   (Choice, 1 April 2015)

By focusing on environmental issues, this book provides a remedy to make the common heritage a far healthier one.   (Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 11 November 2014)

 

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1119941318
• ISBN 13: 9781119941316
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Éditeur: Bowen Robert E., Depledge Michael H., Carlarne Cinnamon P., Fleming Lora E.