Interlacing water and human health : case studies from South Asia /

An increasing recognition of the need to understand the complex systems in the health sector has raised the demand for an examination of water and health from a systemic perspective. Analyzing the various discourses on the subject, the volume revolves around this central question: What are the linka...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anjal Prakash, Chourey, Jayati
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi : SAGE India, 2011.
Colección:Water in South Asia.
Temas:
Water-supply > Health aspects > South Asia > Case studies.
Drinking water > Health aspects > South Asia.
Water > Pollution > Health aspects > South Asia.
Water-supply > Economic aspects > South Asia.
Sanitary engineering > South Asia.
Water-supply.
Sanitary engineering.
Water Supply
Sanitary Engineering
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect économique > Asie méridionale.
Technique sanitaire > Asie méridionale.
Eau > Approvisionnement.
Technique sanitaire.
sanitary engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Water-supply > Health aspects
South Asia
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Note; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; PART I: Backdrop; 1
  • Interlacing Water and Health in South Asia: The Problematique; 2
  • Good Evidences, Bad Linkages: A Review of Water and Health in South Asia; 3
  • Water, Health and Poverty in South Asia: Examining the Interface in India; PART II: Water Supply, Sanitation and Human Health; 4
  • Madhya Pradesh's Complex Challenges: Undernutrition and Infectious Diseases.
  • 5
  • Inequalities in Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Childhood Undernutrition in India6
  • Access to Safe Water and Health: Mortality, Morbidity and Malnutrition in Nepal; 7
  • Disease Burden Linked to Incomplete Water and Sanitation Coverage in Orissa, India; PART III: Intensification of Agriculture, Water and Health; 8
  • Arsenic Contamination, Toxicity and Health Effects: Cases from India and Bangladesh; 9
  • Arsenic Pollution and Reproductive Health: A Case Study of Murshidabad District in West Bengal.
  • 10
  • Water Quality and Human Health in Mewat: Challenges and Innovative SolutionsPART IV: Rapid Industrialisation, Water and Health; 11
  • Wastewater Use in Vegetable Production and Its Health Impacts: A Case of Faisalabad, Pakistan; 12
  • Role of Farmers in Protecting Groundwater in Lower Bhavani River Basin of Tamil Nadu, India; 13
  • Industrial Water Pollution and Health Implications: Emerging Issues from Tiruppur, Textile Town of South India; 14
  • Impact of Mining on Water and Human Health: A Case Study of Baitarani River Ecosystem in Orissa.
  • PART V: Increasing Urbanisation and Water and Health15
  • Wastewater in Sri Lanka: Implications on Human Health; 16
  • Neglected Frontiers: Peri-urban Water Use and Human Health in the National Capital Region, India; 17
  • Results of Unplanned Programmes: Drinking Water and Sanitation System in Bhaktapur, Nepal; PART VI: Natural Disasters, Water and Health; 18
  • Inter-relation between Water, Health and Livelihood in Disasters; 19
  • Health Disasters: Tsunami-induced Public Health Crisis in India; Glossary; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.

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