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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784231903321

Autore

Lebel Jean <1963->

Titolo

Health [[electronic resource] ] : an ecosystem approach / / by Jean Lebel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c2003

ISBN

1-280-71796-3

9786610717965

1-55250-194-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 p.)

Collana

In focus

Disciplina

363.7

Soggetti

Environmental degradation - Health aspects

Ecological disturbances - Health aspects

Environmental health - Citizen participation

Environmental health - Research

Public health - Citizen participation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued also in French under title: La santé, une approche écosystémique.

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references: p. 68-83.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Issue; Chapter 2. The Approaches; Chapter 3. Lessons and Successes; Chapter 4. Recommendations and Future Directions; Appendix: Sources and Resources; The Publisher;

Sommario/riassunto

Can people remain healthy in a world that is sick? Many ecological disasters can be directly traced to careless exploitation of the environment, with human beings as first perpetrator and then victim. Our health closely mirrors the health of our surroundings: this is the basis of the Ecohealth approach. It recognizes the inextricable links between humans and their biophysical, social, and economic environments, and that these links are reflected in the population's state of health. Reconciling an ecosystem's health with the health of its human inhabitants is a new area of research, requiring i