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We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It shows how people can adapt to those changes that are now unavoidable, through actions that both improve health and safeguard the environment. But humanity must do more than just adapt: we need transformative changes across many sectors - energy, housing, transport, food, and health care. The book discusses specific policies, technologies, and interventions to achieve the change required, and explains how these can be implemented. It presents the evidence, builds hope in our common future, and aims to motivate action by everyone, from the general public to policymakers to health practitioners.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108492348
eBay Product ID (ePID)8049057888
Product Key Features
Number of Pages454 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePlanetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene
Publication Year2021
SubjectMedicine, Geography & Geosciences, Geology, Biology
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndy Haines, Howard Frumkin
Subject AreaInternational Law
Dimensions
Item Height251 mm
Item Weight1030 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAndy Haines, Howard Frumkin