Ecosystems, Society, and Health - Pathways through Diversity, Convergence, and Integration (Paperback)

The modern world has created complex systems that have interrelated concerns. Ecosystems, Society, and Health presents new perspectives on how the challenges relating to these concerns must be examined, not as disparate political narratives, but as dynamic transformational stories that demand integrative systems of research, analysis, practice, and action. Struggles over healthy watersheds, diseases associated with environmental change, and public health impacts of unsafe food exemplify the demand for integrated understanding and action. Contributors argue that traditional science, power politics, and linear ideals of public policy are inadequate to address sustainability, justice, safety, and responsibility. Drawing from a series of case studies that range from nursing, to watershed management, to environmental health and risk communication, this collection strikes an informed balance between practical lessons and a sophisticated theoretical context with which to interpret them. Demonstrating the diverse contextual understanding demanded by today's complex issues, Ecosystems, Society, and Health is a timely resource with guidance for practitioners, researchers, and educators.

General

Imprint:	McGill-Queen's University Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	June 2015
Authors:	Lars K. Hallstroem • Nicholas P Guehlstorf • Margot W Parkes
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-7735-4479-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	0-7735-4479-8
Barcode:	9780773544796

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