Wetlands and human health. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: C. Max Finalyson, Pierre Horwitz, Philip Weinstein, editors.
• Editors: Finlayson, C. M (C. Max); Horwitz, Pierre; Weinstein, Philip
• Contents: Wetlands as settings for human health, the benefits and the paradox / C. Max Finalyson and Pierre Horwitz -- Public health perspectives on water systems and ecology / Angus Cook and Peter Speldewinde -- Wetlands and people's well-being: Basic needs, food security and medicinal properties / Anthony B. Cunningham -- Wetlands as sites of exposure to water-borne infectious diseases / Bonnie T. Derne, Philip Weinstein and Collee L. Lau -- Ecosystem approaches to human exposure to pollutants and toxicants in wetlands: Examples, dilemmas and alternatives / Pierre Horwitz and Anne Roiko -- Healthy wetlands, healthy people: Mosquito borne disease / Scott Carver [and 3 others] -- Wetlands, livelihoods and human health / Matthew P. McCartney, Lisa-Maria Rebelo and Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu -- Wetlands and health: How do urban wetlands contribute to community well-being? / May Carter -- Natural disasters, health and wetlands: A Pacific small island developing state perspective / Aaron P. Jenkins and Stacy Jupiter -- Interventions required to enhance wetlands as settings for human well-being / Pierre Horwitz, C. Max Finalyson and Ritesh Kumar -- Human health and the wise use of wetlands, guidance in an international policy setting / C. Max Finalyson and Pierre Horwitz -- A synthesis: Wetlands as settings for human health / C. Max Finalyson, Pierre Horwitz and Philip Weinstein.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages), illustrations (some color), color map
• Subjects: 577.68; Wetlands -- Health aspects; Wetland management -- Health aspects; Water quality management -- Health aspects; Public health -- Environmental aspects; NATURE -- Ecology; NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Public health -- Environmental aspects; Water quality management -- Health aspects; Environment; Environment, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Water, general; Life Sciences, general; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401796095; 9401796092
• Related ISBNs: 9789401796088; 9401796084
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL platform, viewed March 15, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.