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Author : Banca mondiale
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Download or read book Environmental, Health, and Human Ecologic Considerations in Economic Development Projects written by Banca mondiale and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : BANCO MUNDIAL Oficina de Asuntos del Medio Ambiente
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Download or read book Environmental, health, and human ecologic considerations in economic development projects written by BANCO MUNDIAL Oficina de Asuntos del Medio Ambiente and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : World Bank
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Download or read book Environmental Health and Human Ecologic Considerations in Economic Development Projects written by World Bank and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James A. Lee
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
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Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book The Environment, Public Health, and Human Ecology written by James A. Lee and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is designed to provide guidance in detecting, identifying, assessing, and measuring environmental and related ecological effects. It offers an overview of the implications of economic development projects for natural resources, environmental systems, public and occupational health, and human ecology. The handbook is organized as follows: Chapter 1 describes the World Bank's policy of "sustainable development, " the project cycle and opportunities for environmental input into that cycle, and the role of cost-benefit assessments and the difficulties of quantifying the benefits of environmental protection measures. Chapter 2 examines four environmental problems-air pollution, water pollution, soil waste disposal, and noise pollution-caused primarily by industrial and energy-related development project. Chapter 3 focuses on direct and indirect health risks caused by environmental problems, and provides a comprehensive plan to combat these impacts. Chapter 4 discusses some possible adverse effects of tropical agricultural development and ways to mitigate them. Chapter 5 provides a framework for analyzing environmental impacts associated with a wide variety of industrial development projects in developing nations. Problems related to project design, site selection, and project operations are considered as are appropriate measures to alleviate them. Chapter 6 first discusses the environmental damage and possible mitigating measures associated with exploring, mining, and developing fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal. It then looks at the effects of electric power projects and addresses ways to control the impacts of fossil-fuel generating plants, large-scale hydroelectric projects, and renewable sources of energy. The last chapter discusses the planning tools available for managing urban and regional development.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309264146
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book U.S. Health in International Perspective written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Author : World Bank
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Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Environmental, Health, and Human Ecologic Considerations in Economic Development Projects written by World Bank and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9780821304785
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)
Download or read book The Environment, Public Health, and Human Ecology written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Valerie A. Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134033621
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Sustainability and Health written by Valerie A. Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical changes in the biosphere and human interaction with the environment are increasingly impacting on the health of populations across the world. Diseases are crossing the species barrier, and spreading rapidly through globalised transport systems. From new patterns of cancer to the threat of global pandemics, it is imperative that public health practitioners acknowledge the interdependence between the sustainability of the environment and the sustainability of the human species * Why are issues of global and local sustainability of increasing impotance to the public's health? * Why do issues of sustainability require new practices within the professions of public health? * How can future and current public health practitioners develop those new practices? Drawing on scientific evidence of global and local environmental changes, Sustainability and Health offers a thorough background and practical solutions to the overlapping issues in environment and health. It examines potential and existing responses to global and local environment and health issues involving individuals, community, industry and government. The authors introduce a range of emerging conceptual frameworks and theoretical perspectives, link IT and epidemiology and explain how scoping can link program design, delivery, data collection and evaluation in projects from their very beginning. Public health practitioners need to be able to manage health issues that cut across environmental, economic and social systems and to develop the capacity for leadership in facilitating change. Incorporating learning activities, readings, international case studies and an open learning approach, this is a valuable resource for students of public and environmental health, as well as medical, environmental and health science professionals.
Author : Amir A. Hassan
Publisher : WHO EMRO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects written by Amir A. Hassan and published by WHO EMRO. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication has been developed by the WHO in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the WHO Water, Sanitation and Health Programme. It contains practical guidance designed to assist in the promotion and protection of human health and environmental concerns in the planning of proposed economic development projects and to provide a framework guide for consultants implementing Environmental Health Impact Assessment studies.
Author : Laura Westra
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Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Business of Consumption written by Laura Westra and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the forefront of international concerns about global legislation and regulation, a host of noted environmentalists and business ethicists examine ethical issues in consumption from the points of view of environmental sustainability, economic development, and free enterprise. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Author : James K. Boyce
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843766973
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (437 download)
Download or read book The Political Economy of the Environment written by James K. Boyce and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Boyce s work is an excellent example of how ecological economics can be done in an objective, evidence-based approach that can put issues on the agenda in a manner where they will be taken seriously by other scholars. . . This is a well-written and provocative book that should encourage further research on all these important issues. David I. Stern, International Journal of Social Economics This succinct and sometimes provocative book sets out to document, quantify and explain the ways in which inequalities of wealth and power create an uneven apportionment of environmental costs across the world. It offers a combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence to support the author s central contention that greater democratisation and changes in society s relationship with nature are paramount for achieving the dual goals of environmental protection and sustainable development. . . This book is immensely well written. . . makes for a fascinating read. Ian Bailey, European Spatial Research and Policy Economic activities that degrade the environment do not simply pit humans against nature. They also pit some humans against others. Some benefit from these activities; others bear net costs from pollution and resource depletion. In a provocative and original analysis, James K. Boyce examines the dynamics of environmental degradation in terms of the balances of power between the winners and the losers. He provides evidence that inequalities of power and wealth affect not only the distribution of environmental costs, but also their overall magnitude: greater inequalities result in more environmental degradation. Democratization movement toward a more equitable distribution of power therefore is not only a worthwhile objective in its own right, but also an important means toward the social goals of environmental protection and sustainable development. Combining theoretical analysis with empirical evidence from around the world, James K. Boyce demonstrates that changes in our relationship with nature ultimately require changes in our relationships with each other. He maintains that a more democratic and environmentally sustainable future is possible, but warns that it is not inevitable. This book will appeal to students, scholars, policymakers and other readers interested in the environment, economics and public policy.
Author : Peter Bartelmus
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Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Economic Development and the Human Environment written by Peter Bartelmus and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph assessing the impact of economic development on human environment in developing countries, partic. Kenya - based on an econometric model, develops a matrix for the evaluation of environmental impacts and welfare losses of the long term development process, and discusses economic and environmental interdependence, waste disposal, water pollution, air pollution, soil erosion, desertification, etc. With development planning and environmental policy implications. Diagrams, flow charts, graphs, photographs, references and statistical tables.
Author : R. David Simpson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461560497
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Ecosystem Function & Human Activities written by R. David Simpson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. David Simpson Norman L. Christensen, Jr. Human Activity and Ecosystem Function: Reconciling Economics and Ecology Recognizing the need to improve social decision making on tradeoffs between economic growth and ecological health, the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation convened a workshop in October 1995 on "Human Activity and Ecosystem Function: Reconciling Economics and Ecology. " While the subtitle perhaps reflected unrealistic expectations, the presentations and discus sions at the workshop were a preliminary step toward that rec onciliation: bringing together ecologists, economists, other nat ural and social scientists, and policy makers to layout the issues, articulate their needs and perspectives, and identify common ground for further work. This volume contains the pa pers presented and reports generated from the workshop. We emphasize ecology and economics in this discussion. We could argue that organizing our inquiry around these diSCiplines is only natural. Ecology is the study of behavior of organisms within complex systems composed of a myriad of other organ isms and their physical environments. Increasingly, this disci pline has focused on how interactions among biological and physical components influence the overall functioning of ecosys tems. These components are increasingly being determined by viii Ecosystem Function and Human Activities human activities. Economics is the study of how we decide which of our needs and wants we choose to satisfy given our limited re sources.
Author : The World Health Organization
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136616934
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects written by The World Health Organization and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook for practitioners in environmental and public health, environmental management, toxicology and ecotoxicology has been prepared by an international group of experts from both developing and developed countries and covers a wide range of topics in both environmental impact assessment and environmental health impact assessment.
Author : Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030554163
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Environment and Development written by Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of emerging challenges facing different social groups, policy-makers and the international community related to economic growth, social development and environmental change, social inclusion and regional development. The book undertakes a critical assessment of the tensions associated with the failures of mainstream regulatory approaches and impacts of social and economic policies whilst widening the discussion on the interface between the expansion of the socio-environmental demands, equity and justice. These are crucial challenges, of great importance today and of equal relevance to the Global North and South. The book explores one of the main contradictions of development, the simplification of assessments and narrow consideration of alternatives. Taking this dilemma as its departure point, it goes on to examine the justification, trends and limitations of Western-based development and possible alternatives to fundamentally modify the basis and the rationale of the development process. It considers theoretical and lived experiences of development, paying attention to multiple scales, local realities and economic frontiers. Contributing authors explore policy recommendations and discuss effective practical tools for determining the values different people hold for ecosystem services and territorial resources. They cover the monitoring of change in the provision of ecosystem services that might increase the well-being of vulnerable groups as well as strategies to promote innovation and integrated, equitable and sustainable development.
Author : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1851665978
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Development Projects written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook for practitioners in environmental and public health, environmental management, toxicology and ecotoxicology has been prepared by an international group of experts from both developing and developed countries and covers a wide range of topics in both environmental impact assessment and environmental health impact assessment.
Author : Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415601627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Environmental and Human Health written by Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries experience lack of harmony among economic development, environmental management and human health. As a consequence, public health, the integrity of ecosystems, and the efforts to reach environmental sustainability, have been adversely affected. The complexity, frequency and magnitude of those impacts is increasingly parallel to the technological revolution, rising population, and increasing per capita consumption. The burden of the concerns about how humans inflict natural and man-made enclaves tends to rely in highly industrial societies. However, many of the world environmental alterations are been achieved by non-industrial societies. This book examines and discusses multidisciplinary aspects of the impacts that humans had on the physical environment, the biota, and human health, focusing on the scenario of developing and under developing countries. Among the areas covered are environmental degradation, pollution, occupational health, risk management, epidemiology and toxicology. This book will help scientists, resource managers, administrators, educators, policy makers and college students interpret that risk management and the advancement of research in sustainable development is of utmost importance for all parties involved in seeking solutions for the protection of natural and anthropogenic systems, and human health.
