Africa environment outlook
Subtitle: Our environment, our health
By: [lead author, Clever Mafuta ; lead editor, Monday S. Businge]
Contributors: Businge, Monday S., editor; United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Early Warning and Assessment
Publisher: UNEP; United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9789280733150
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Environmental conditions; Environmental policy; Ecology
Other titles: Our environment, our health
Description: "The Third Africa Environment Outlook (AEO-3), analyses the importance of, and interlinkages between, health and environment and the opportunities and synergies that might be derived from intensified collaboration between the two sectors. It uses the Drivers, Pressures, State, Exposure, Effects and Actions (DPSEEA) analytical framework to undertake an integrated analysis of the state and trends covering the themes of air quality, biodiversity, chemicals and waste, climate change and variability, coastal and marine resources, freshwater and sanitation as well as land. It also illustrates how socio-economic driving forces can generate environmental pressures, leading to altered ecosystem states, personal exposure to risks and adverse health effects."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health and environment in Africa; title: Air quality; title: Biodiversity; title: Chemicals and wastes; title: Climate change and variability; title: Coastal and marine resources; title: Freshwater and sanitation; title: Land; title: Scenarios of future health and environment linkages; title: Enhancing implementation of environmental and health policies.