Global environmental change
Subtitle: the threat to human health
By: Samuel S. Myers ; Lisa Mastny and Robert Engelman, editors
Contributors: Mastny, Lisa; Engelman, Robert; Worldwatch Institute
Series: Worldwatch report -- no. 181; Worldwatch report -- 181.
Publisher: Worldwatch Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781878071927
Subjects: Global environmental change; Health aspects; Environmental health; Climatic changes; Environmental Health; Trends; Climate Change; Internationality
Description: It has become increasingly apparent that the breadth and depth of the changes we are wreaking on the environment are imperiling not only other species but the health and well-being of our own species as well.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-44) and index.
Table of contents: title: Expanding the focus of environmental health; title: A new health and environment framework; title: Environmental change and infectious disease; title: Environmental change, food, and nutrition; title: Other health outcomes; title: Adapting to the health impacts of climate change; title: Moving forward in a changing world.