Environmental health hazards and social justice : geographical perspectives on race and class disparities / / Florence Margai |
Autore | Margai Florence M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K. ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental health - Social aspects
Medical geography - Social aspects Health and race - Environmental aspects Poor - Health and hygiene - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-58985-0
9786613902306 1-84977-562-1 1-136-53782-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Environmental 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
4 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 10 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464987303321 |
Margai Florence M.
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London, U.K. ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental health hazards and social justice : geographical perspectives on race and class disparities / / Florence Margai |
Autore | Margai Florence M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K. ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental health - Social aspects
Medical geography - Social aspects Health and race - Environmental aspects Poor - Health and hygiene - Environmental aspects |
ISBN |
1-136-53781-3
1-283-58985-0 9786613902306 1-84977-562-1 1-136-53782-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Environmental 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
4 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 10 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792092903321 |
Margai Florence M.
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London, U.K. ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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