Oceans and Human Health - Implications for Society and Well-Being

Explores how contaminating and altering the oceans harms human health, examining the social and environmental aspects to limit future costs and the cumulative risks.

List of contents

List of Contributors vii

Foreword xi

About the Companion Website xiii

Section One: Coastal Seas, Human Health, and Well-Being: Setting the Stage

1 Influences of the Oceans on Human Health and Well-Being 3

2 Integrating Frameworks to Assess Human Health and Well-Being in Marine Environmental Systems 23

Section Two: Anthropogenic Drivers/Pressures and the State of Coastal Seas

3 Coastal Demography: Distribution, Composition, and Dynamics 49

4 The Seas, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being 71

5 Measuring Social Value and Human Well-Being 113

Section Three: Impacts on Coastal Environments

6 The Impact of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems 141

7 Coastal Systems and Access to Safe and Potable Water 177

Section Four: Responses

8 Management-Driven Assessments of the Coastal Oceans 203

9 Globalization and Human Health: Regulatory Response and the Potential for Reform 231

Section Five: Common Conclusions and Horizon Scanning

10 Emerging Issues in Oceans and Human Health: Managing Uncertainty and New Knowledge 267

11 Final Thoughts and Future Actions 291

Index 299

About the author

Robert E. Bowen
School for the Environment
University of Massachusetts Boston. USA
Cinnamon P. Carlarne
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University. USA
Michael H. Depledge
European Centre for Environment and Human Health
University of Exeter Medical School. United Kingdom
Lora E. Fleming
European Centre for Environment and Human Health
University of Exeter Medical School. United Kingdom

Product details

• Authors: Professor Robert E. Bowen, Robert Depledge Bowen, Robert E Bowen, Robert E. Bowen, Robert E. Depledge Bowen, Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Michael H. Depledge, Lora E. Fleming
• Assisted by: Robert Bowen (Editor), Robert E. Bowen (Editor), Cinnamon Carlarne (Editor), Cinnamon P. Carlarne (Editor), Michael Depledge (Editor), Michael H. Depledge (Editor), Lora E. Fleming (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2014
• EAN: 9781119941316
• ISBN: 978-1-119-94131-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Umweltmanagement, Umweltforschung, Geowissenschaften, Ozeanographie, Environmental Studies, Earth Sciences, Environmental Management, Policy & Planning, Oceanography & Paleoceanography, Ozeanographie u. Paläozeanographie, Umweltmanagement, Politik u. -Planung