LEADER 04546nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910964162703321 005 20251116232839.0 010 $a1-136-53781-3 010 $a1-283-58985-0 010 $a9786613902306 010 $a1-84977-562-1 010 $a1-136-53782-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849775625 035 $a(CKB)2560000000093134 035 $a(EBL)1020364 035 $a(OCoLC)811504953 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711257 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454577 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711257 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682161 035 $a(PQKB)10210800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1020364 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1020364 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10598583 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390230 035 $a(OCoLC)810077987 035 $a(OCoLC)647976642 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB138743 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000093134 100 $a20100707d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnvironmental health hazards and social justice $egeographical perspectives on race and class disparities /$fFlorence Margai 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon, UK ;$aWashington, DC $cEarthscan$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-84407-825-6 311 08$a1-84407-824-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEnvironmental Health Hazards and Social Justice Geographical Prespectives on Race and Class Disparities; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I Themes and Concepts; 1 Geographic Foundations of Environmental Health Hazards: The Need for a Place-based Perspective; 2 Environmental Health and Disease Indicators: Valuation Measures, Transition Frameworks and Burden of Disease Estimates; 3 Population Health Disparities and Social Injustices: Indicators and Spatial Patterns 327 $a4 Conceptualization and Measurement of Race, Ethnicity and Class5 Environmental Health Data Collection, Analysis and Visualization: An Overview of Geographic Methodologies; Part II Environmental Aspects of Health Disparities; 6 Global Climate Change and Environmental Degradation: Place Vulnerability and Public Health Challenges; 7 A Spatial Analysis of Emergent and Re-emergent Public Health Risks; 8 Toxic Chemicals: Disparate Patterns of Exposure and Health Outcomes; 9 Geographic Principles of Environmental Justice and Equity 327 $a10 Global Geographies, Environmental Injustice and Health Inequities11 Population Disparities in Water Access, Sanitation and Health Implications; 12 Food Justice, Nutritional Security and Paediatric Health Outcomes; Part III Social and Economic Factors in Population Health Disparities; 13 Poverty, Race and Place: A Triple Whammy Hypothesis for Minority Health Geographies; 14 Globalization, Population Mobility and Immigrant Health Disparities; 15 Group Disparities in Access, Quality and Utilization of Health Resources; 16 Exploring Pathways to Environmental, Health and Social Equity; Index 330 $aThis book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes among disadvantaged population groups. Estimates suggest that about 40 per cent of the global burden of disease is attributable to exposures to biological and chemical pathogens in the physical environment. And with today's rapid rate of globalization, and these hazardous health effects are likely to increase, with low income and underrepresented communities facing even greater risks. In many places around the world, marginalized communities unwil 606 $aEnvironmental health$xSocial aspects 606 $aMedical geography$xSocial aspects 606 $aHealth and race$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aPoor$xHealth and hygiene$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental health$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aMedical geography$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aHealth and race$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aPoor$xHealth and hygiene$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a362.1 700 $aMargai$b Florence M$0972104 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964162703321 996 $aEnvironmental health hazards and social justice$94491421 997 $aUNINA