Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being
Bowen, R.E.; Depledge, M.H.; Carlarne, C.P.; Fleming, L.E (Ed.) (2014). Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester. ISBN 978-1-119-94131-6. xii, 304 pp. |
| Keywords | Human health
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | - Bowen, R.E., editor
- Depledge, M.H., editor
- Carlarne, C.P., editor
- Fleming, L.E, editor
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| Content | - Wheeler, B.; White, M.P.; Fleming, L.E; Taylor, T.; Harvey, A.; Depledge, M.H. (2014). Influences of the oceans on human health and well-being, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 3-22, more
- Bowen, R.E.; Kress, M.; Morris, G.; Rothman, D.S. (2014). Integrating frameworks to assess human health and well-being in marine environmental systems, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 23-45, more
- Balk, D.; Montgomery, M.; McGranahan, G. (2014). Coastal demography: distribution, composition, and dynamics, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 49-70, more
- Hattam, C.; Beaumont, N.; Austen, M. (2014). The seas, ecosystem services, and human well-being, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 71-112, more
- Johnston, R.J.; Sanchirico, J.; Holland, D.S. (2014). Measuring social value and human well-being, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 113-138, more
- Woodroffe, C.D.; Nicholls, R.J.; Burkett, V.; Forbes, D.L. (2014). The impact of climate change on coastal ecosystems, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 141-176, more
- Douglas, E.M.; Finlayson, C.M.; Revenga, C.; Frankic, A. (2014). Coastal systems and access to safe and potable water, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 177-200, more
- Malone, T.C. (2014). Management-driven assessments of the coastal oceans, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 203-230, more
- Carlarne, C.P.; Carlarne, J.S. (2014). Globalization and human health: regulatory response and the potential for reform, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 231-263, more
- Owen, R.; Depledge, M.; De Lurio, J.; Bardsley, S.; Palomino, M.A. (2014). Emerging issues in oceans and human health: managing uncertainty and new knowledge, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 267-289, more
- (2014). Final thoughts and future actions, in: Bowen, R.E. et al. (Ed.) Oceans and human health: Implications for society and well-being. pp. 291-297, more
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| Abstract | Human health and well-being are tied to the vitality of the global ocean and coastal systems on which so many live and rely. We engage with these extraordinary environments to enhance both our health and our well-being. But, we need to recognize that introducing contaminants and otherwise altering these ocean systems can harm human health and well-being in significant and substantial ways. These are complex, challenging, and critically important themes. How the human relationship to the oceans evolves in coming decades may be one of the most important connections in understanding our personal and social well-being. Yet, our understanding of this relationship is far too limited. This remarkable volume brings experts from diverse disciplines and builds a workable understanding of breadth and depth of the processes – both social and environmental – that will help us to limit future costs and enhance the benefits of sustainable marine systems. In particular, the authors have developed a shared view that the global coastal environment is under threat through intensified natural resource utilization, as well as changes to global climate and other environmental systems. All these changes contribute individually, but more importantly cumulatively, to higher risks for public health and to the global burden of disease. This pioneering book will be of value to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in public health, environmental, economic, and policy fields. Additionally, the treatment of these complex systems is of essential value to the policy community responsible for these questions and to the broader audience for whom these issues are more directly connected to their own health and well-being. |
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