Planetary Health
eBook - PDF

Planetary Health

Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Planetary Health

Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

About this book

We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It shows how people can adapt to those changes that are now unavoidable, through actions that both improve health and safeguard the environment. But humanity must do more than just adapt: we need transformative changes across many sectors - energy, housing, transport, food, and health care. The book discusses specific policies, technologies, and interventions to achieve the change required, and explains how these can be implemented. It presents the evidence, builds hope in our common future, and aims to motivate action by everyone, from the general public to policymakers to health practitioners.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Reviews
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Our Changing Planet
  10. 2 Climate Change
  11. 3 Pollution, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Health
  12. 4 Assessing Vulnerability and Risk in the Anthropocene Epoch
  13. 5 Adaptation and Resilience to Planetary Change
  14. 6 Addressing Conceptual, Knowledge, and Implementation Challenges
  15. 7 Health in the Sustainable Development Goals
  16. 8 Transforming Energy and Industry: Towards a Net-Zero Circular Economy for Health
  17. 9 Sustaining Urban Health in the Anthropocene Epoch
  18. 10 Food Systems and Land Use
  19. 11 The Role of Health Professionals in Fostering Planetary Health
  20. 12 Sustaining Planetary Health in the Anthropocene
  21. Index