ABSTRACT
This ground-breaking study offers new challenges to those teaching, studying or developing strategies and policies in health and the environment.Bringing together a variety of approaches from different perspectives and different locations, the contributors examine the various dimensions of health ecology in a human ecology framework, examining how local, regional and global factors impinge upon the health and environment of individuals, communities and the globe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|116 pages
Health in macro ecosystems
chapter 6|16 pages
Health and political ecology
Public opinion, political ideology, political parties, policies and the press
part |56 pages
Part II Health in micro ecosystems
part |60 pages
Part III Selected case studies
chapter 10|18 pages
Health ecology and the biodiversity of natural medicine
Perspectives from traditional and complementary health systems
chapter 11|23 pages
Health of rural and urban communities in developing countries
A case study in Indonesia
chapter 13|9 pages
Health Impact Assessment in Flanders
Contribution to environmental management and health
