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

• Autore: Lebel Jean <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (100 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmental degradation - Health aspects; Ecological disturbances - Health aspects; Environmental health - Citizen participation; Environmental health - Research; Public health - Citizen participation
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Health
• ISBN: 1-280-71796-3; 9786610717965; 1-55250-194-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784231903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))