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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “franziska wolf”
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  • Climate Change and Health: Perspectives from Developing Countries

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Wolf ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The global climate crisis is one of the most defining challenges of our time, with profound implications not just for the environment, but also for human health. While the impacts of climate change are felt worldwide, they are disproportionately severe in developing countries, where populations are more vulnerable due to economic, social, and infrastructural limitations.This book, Climate Change ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Sinophonecene?

    Tracing Environmental and Cohabitational Perspectives in Contemporary Chinese Art

    Edited by Franziska Koch, Nora Wölfing, Cila Brosius ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book traces the intersections between the growing controversies revolving around the Anthropocene on the one hand, and artistic and curatorial practices situated in the Sinophone world on the other. Exploring the relevance and multiple relations of both concepts as mediated in specific aesthetic, visual, and performative practices, and affiliated understandings of the planetary, seven ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Planetary Health

    Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

    by Andy Haines, Howard Frumkin ...
    We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Planetary Health

    Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves

    by Samuel Myers, Howard Frumkin ...
    Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Issues In Public Health

    by Fiona Sim, Martin McKee ...
    This book discusses the core issues of modern public health, its themes, foundations and evolution and the impact of globalisation. ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Environmental Health

    From Global to Local

    Edited by Howard Frumkin ...
    Series series Public Health/Environmental Health
    The bestselling environmental health text, with all new coverage of key topicsEnvironmental Health: From Global to Local is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and a contemporary, authoritative text for students of public health, environmental health, preventive medicine, community health, and environmental studies. Edited by the former director of the CDC's National Center for ... Read more

    $139.99 CAD

  • Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

    Edited by Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine, Aletta Bonn ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.This transdisciplinary ... Read more

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  • Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health

    The role of nature in improving the health of a population

    Edited by Matilda van den Bosch, William Bird ...
    Series series Oxford Textbooks in Public Health
    Human beings have always been affected by their surroundings. There are various health benefits linked to being able to access to nature; including increased physical activity, stress recovery, and the stimulation of child cognitive development. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health provides a broad and inclusive picture of the relationship between our own health and the natural ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

  • Global Climate Change and Human Health

    From Science to Practice

    Edited by George Luber, Jay Lemery ...
    Learn the foundations of climate science and human healthGlobal Climate Change and Human Health examines the environmental crisis from a public health and clinical health perspective, giving students and clinicians the information they need to prepare for the future of health care. Edited by George Luber, associate director for climate change at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ... Read more

    $80.99 CAD

  • One Health

    Integrated Approach to 21st Century Challenges to Health

    Edited by Joana C. Prata, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Teresa Rocha-Santos ...
    One Health: Challenges for the 21st Century is a transdisciplinary approach to health, considering the interdependency of human, animal, and environmental health. This approach to health promotion and disease prevention calls for integrative and interdisciplinary cooperation. From zoonotic diseases to environmental degradation, this book introduces core concepts of the One Health approach by ... Read more

    $110.39 CAD

  • African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

    by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
    This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that ... Read more

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  • Ecologies and Politics of Health

    Edited by Brian King, Kelley A. Crews ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    Human health exists at the interface of environment and society. Decades of work by researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers has shown that health is shaped by a myriad of factors, including the biophysical environment, climate, political economy, gender, social networks, culture, and infrastructure. Yet while there is emerging interest within the natural and social sciences on the social and ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD