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Planetary health : protecting nature to protect ourselves /

Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth's natural systems--the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate--are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emergi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Myers, Samuel S. (Samuel Skipworth) (Editor ), Frumkin, Howard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Foundations. An introduction to planetary health / Samuel Myers, Howard Frumkin
  • Assembling planetary health: histories of the future / Warwick Anderson, James Dunk
  • Population, consumption, equity and rights / Robert Engelman, John Bongaarts, Kristen P. Patterson
  • A changing planet / Chris Field, David Tilman, Ruth DeFries, David Montgomery, Peter Gleick, Howard Frumkin, Philip Landrigan
  • Part II. The Health of Populations. Food and nutrition on a rapidly changing planet / Samuel Myers
  • Planetary health and infectious disease / Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing
  • Global environmental change and non-communicable disease risks / Howard Frumkin, Andy Haines
  • Environmental change, migration, conflict and health / Lauren Herzer Risi, Caroline Kihato, Rebecca Lorenzen, Howard Frumkin
  • Mental health on a changing planet / Susan Clayton
  • Climate change and human health / Howard Frumkin
  • Happiness on a healthier planet / John F. Helliwell, Jon Hall
  • Part III: Pivoting From Threat to Opportunity. Energy and planetary health / Ajay Pillarisetti, Kirk R. Smith
  • Urban places and planetary health / Ana V. Diez Roux, Adriana C. Lein, Iryna Dronova, Daniel A. Rodríguez, Rosie Mae Henson, Olga Sarmiento
  • Controlling toxic exposures / Philip J. Landrigan, Terrence J. Collins, John Peterson Myers
  • A new economics for planetary health / Will Evison, Sam Bickersteth
  • The business of planetary health: from economic theory to policy and practice / Will Evison, Sam Bickersteth
  • Part IV. Saving Ourselves, Saving Our Planet. Planetary health ethics / Alexander Foster, Jennifer Cole, Ivica Petrikova, Andrew Farlow, Howard Frumkin
  • A bright future for planetary health / Samuel Myers, Howard Frumkin.