Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health - Emerging Crises and Systemic Solutions

Informationen zum Autor Baer, Hans; Singer, Merrill Klappentext Revealing the systemic structures of inequality underlying global warming! this work also issues a call to action! arguing that fundamental changes in the world system are essential to the mitigation of an array of health crises link to anthropogenic climate and environmental change. Zusammenfassung Hans Baer and Merrill Singer inventory and critically analyze the diversity of significant and sometimes devastating health implications of global warming using a range of theoretical tools from anthropology, medicine, and environmental sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 101 Introduction; Chapter 1 Global Warming; Chapter 2 Lifeways in Peril; Chapter 3 An Age of Weather Extremes; Chapter 4 A Disturbed Planet; Chapter 5 Agents of Suffering; Chapter 6 Ecosyndemics; Chapter 7 Adaptation Versus Mitigation; Chapter 8 Toward a Healthier Planet;

Riassunto

Hans Baer and Merrill Singer inventory and critically analyze the diversity of significant and sometimes devastating health implications of global warming using a range of theoretical tools from anthropology, medicine, and environmental sciences.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hans Baer, Hans A./ Singer Baer, Merrill Singer
• Editore: The University of Arizona Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2008
• EAN: 9781598743548
• ISBN: 978-1-59874-354-8
• Pagine: 237
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology; Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali