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| About the book |
Longstanding evidence of the links between the environment and health have led to a recognition of the need for sustainable development. This is equally true in low, middle and high income countries. One of the great challenges for public health practitioners is to understand and try to modify the relationship between the environment and health in the face of development. This book examines the underlying concepts, the history of environmental health, and the key factors that affect public health including:
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| About the authors |
Megan Landon is Research Fellow in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She wrote and now tutors the Distance Learning course in Environmental Health at LSHTM. |
| Table of contents |
Overview Section One: Health and the environment 1. Introduction to health, environment and sustainable development 2. Environment and the development of public health 3. Changing pressures on health and the environment Section Two: Environmental quality 4. Environmental quality and human activity 5. Energy use and sustainable development 6. Waste 7. Water and sanitation 8. Outdoor air pollution 9. The indoor environment Section Three: Global issues 10. Global climate change and human health 11. The balance of ecosystems and human health 12. Disasters 13. The urban environment and health 14. Action at global and local level on health, environment and sustainable development Glossary Index |
