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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827243103321

Titolo

Ecosystem change and public health : a global perspective / / edited by Joan L. Aron and Jonathan A. Patz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8018-7458-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AronJoan L (Joan Leslie)

PatzJonathan

Disciplina

614.4

Soggetti

Environmental health

Public health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: How to Use This Book""; ""PART I  APPROACHES""; ""CHAPTER 1 Information on Issues of Global Change""; ""CHAPTER 2 Epidemiological Study Designs""; ""CHAPTER 3 Geographic Information Systems""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Science/Policy Interface""; ""CHAPTER 5 Integrated Assessment""; ""PART II  ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES""; ""CHAPTER 6 Human Populations in the Shared Environment""; ""CHAPTER 7 The Changing Chemistry of Earthà‚€?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""; ""CHAPTER 14 Too Little, Too Much""; ""APPENDIX A Stimulating Inquiry""; ""APPENDIX B The Resource Center""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The book 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.