Human Health and Ecological Integrity

Ethics, Law and Human Rights
Herausgeber: Westra, Laura; Spady, Donald W; Soskolne, Colin L

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization. This volume makes the connection explicit in a broad review of human rights and legal issues. The book integrates perspectives from a wide range of disciplines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781138097230
• ISBN-10: 1138097233
• Artikelnr.: 50448327

Autorenporträt

Laura Westra is Professor Emerita (Philosophy) at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and Sessional Instructor at the Faculty of Law at both the University of Windsor and the University of Milano (Bicocca), Italy. Colin L. Soskolne is Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada. Donald W. Spady is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health in the School of Public Health, both at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Prologue - Ecological Integrity, Human Health and the Czech
Democratic Tradition: From Jan Hus to Josef Vavrousek Introduction . Part
1: Health and the Environment. Part 2: Ecosystem Services and State
Responsibility for Public Health. Part 3: Public Health Issues. Part 4:
Climate Change, Water and Public Health. Part 5: New Approaches. Part 6:
Environmental Laws and Human Health.