Read more
Zusatztext "To address the multiple crises of our time we need to completely reground and redeploy our knowledge systems in these light of this understanding. And to do this we need a wholly new narrative about ourselves! our planet! and our place in the Universe. Confronting [Ecological and Economic]Collapse aims to help reconstruct our master narrative! and thereby envision of a restored and flourishing future for life on Earth." - from the Foreword byPeter G. Brown! McGill University School of the Environment! Montreal! Canada Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. ...
