Wetlands and Human Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Finlayson, C Max (Editor), Horwitz, Pierre (Editor), Weinstein, Philip (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management, 5
• Subjects: Environment.; Water.; Medicine.; Life sciences.; Environment, general.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Water, general.; Life Sciences, general.

The book addresses the complex interactions that occur between wetlands and the health and well-being of people. As wetlands provide many valuable ecosystem services and are amongst the most degraded ecosystems globally, further degradation could greatly affect the wellbeing and health of people dep...

Table of Contents:

• Wetlands as settings for human health – the benefits and the paradox
• 2. Public health perspectives on water systems and ecology
• 3. Wetlands, well-being, food security and medicinal products
• Wetlands as sites of exposure to infectious diseases
• Wetlands as sites of exposure to pollution and toxicants
• Healthy wetlands, healthy people: mosquito borne disease
• Wetlands as livelihoods and contributions they make to health and well-being
• Wetlands and health: how do urban wetlands contribute to community well-being?
• Wetlands as places that help absorb the damage of natural disasters
• Interventions required to enhance human well-being by addressing the erosion of ecosystem services in wetlands
• Wetland wise use and human health – guidance for wetland
• A synthesis of the benefits and paradoxes of wetlands as settings for human health.