Environmental health in emergencies and disasters
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: edited by B. Wisner, J. Adams.
Contributors: Wisner, Benjamin.; Adams, John, 1961-; World Health Organization.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Environmental health.; Public health.; Emergency management.; Risk management.; Environmental Health.; Disasters.; Disaster Planning.; Risk Management.
Description: Distills what is known about environmental health during an emergency or disaster. Draws on results from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and on experience with sustainable development between the two Earth Summits. The volume is intended for practitioners, as well as for policy makers and researchers, and thus covers both general and technical aspects of environmental health.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234).