Health Ecology: Health, Culture, and Human-Environment Interaction

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures x
• Tables xii
• 1 - Health Ecology: 1
• Part I - Health in Macro Ecosystems 35
• 2 - Good Planets Are Hard to Find 37
• 3 - Health and Conservation 59
• 4 - Human Health as an Ecological Problem 79
• 5 - Health Through Sustainable Development 112
• 6 - Health and Political Ecology 135
• Part II - Health in Micro Ecosystems 151
• 7 - Health of Women 153
• 8 - Health of Children 175
• 9 - Healthy Homes 193
• Part III - Selected Case Studies 207

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures x
• Tables xii
• 1 - Health Ecology: 1
• Part I - Health in Macro Ecosystems 35
• 2 - Good Planets Are Hard to Find 37
• 3 - Health and Conservation 59
• 4 - Human Health as an Ecological Problem 79
• 5 - Health Through Sustainable Development 112
• 6 - Health and Political Ecology 135
• Part II - Health in Micro Ecosystems 151
• 7 - Health of Women 153
• 8 - Health of Children 175
• 9 - Healthy Homes 193
• Part III - Selected Case Studies 207
• 10 - Health Ecology and the Biodiversity of Natural Medicine 209
• 11 - Health of Rural and Urban Communities in Developing Countries 227
• 12 - Health and Psychology of Water 250
• 13 - Health Impact Assessment in Flanders 258
• Index 267