Blue Space, Health and Wellbeing - Hydrophilia Unbounded (Hardcover)

Health geography makes critical contributions to contemporary and emerging interdisciplinary agendas of nature-based health and health-enabling places. Couched in theory and critical empirical work on nature and health, this book addresses questions on the relationships between water, health and wellbeing. Water and blue space is a key focus in current health geography research and a new hydrophilic turn has emerged with a particular focus on the aspects of water which are affective, life-enhancing and health-enabling. Research considers the benefits and risks associated with blue space, from access to safe and clean water in the Global South, to health promoting spaces found around urban waters, to the deeper implications of climate change for water-based livelihoods and indigenous cultures. This book reflects recent theoretical debates within health geography, drawing from research in the public health, anthropology and psychology sectors. Broad thematic sections focus on interdisciplinary, experiential and equity-based elements of blue space, with individual chapters that consider indigenous and global health, water's healing properties, leisure and blue yogic culture, coastal landscapes, surfing, swimming and sailing, along with more contested hydrophobic dimensions. The interdisciplinary lens means this book will be extremely valuable to human geographers and cultural geographers. It will also appeal to practitioners and researchers interested in environmental health, leisure and tourism, health inequalities and public health more broadly.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Geographies of Health Series
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Ronan Foley • Robin Kearns • Thomas Kistemann • Ben Wheeler
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-5914-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > General
LSN:	0-8153-5914-4
Barcode:	9780815359142

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