Environment, Health and Sustainable Development, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335245374 ISBN 13: 9780335245376

Publisher: Open University Press, 2017

Synopsis

This book examines the underlying concepts and history of environmental public health including the key factors: This book examines the underlying concepts and history of environmental public health including the key factors:

• Air pollution
• Chemical contamination
• Climate hazards
• Housing and the built environment

This book has been fully revised to discuss recent international environmental conventions and legislation in the fast-moving world of global environmental health. UK and global issues are covered, such as urbanization and the impact of transport on air pollution, housing and indoor air quality, and the impact of environmental change on high and low income countries.

Understanding Public Health is an innovative series published by Open University Press in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where it is used as a key learning resource for postgraduate programmes. It provides self-directed learning covering the major issues in public health affecting low, middle and high income countries.

Emma Hutchinson is a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and module organiser of Environment, Health and Sustainable Development on the Distance Learning MSc programme in Public Health.

Sari Kovats is a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health.

Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.

About this title

About the Author

Emma Hutchinson is a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and module organiser of Environment, Health and Sustainable Development on the Distance Learning MSc programme in Public Health.

Sari Kovats is a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health.

Contributors: Araceli Busby, Emma Hutchinson, Sari Kovats, Marie-Jose Lopez, James Milner, Debapriya Mondal, Virginia Murray, Rachel Peletz, Noah Scovronick, Carolyn Stephens and Cathryn Tonne.

Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335245374
• ISBN 13: 9780335245376
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Hutchinson