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oapen-20.500.12657-502002023-06-29T12:45:39Z Mosquitopia Hall, Marcus Tamïr, Dan Diseases and disorders Applied ecology Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJC Diseases & disorders bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WN Natural history::WNC Wildlife: general interest::WNCN Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders This edited volume brings together natural scientists, social scientists and humanists to assess if (or how) we may begin to coexist harmoniously with the mosquito. The mosquito is humanity’s deadliest animal, killing over a million people each year by transmitting malaria, yellow fever, Zika and several other diseases. Yet of the 3,500 species of mosquito on Earth, only a few dozen of them are really dangerous—so that the question arises as to whether humans and their mosquito foe can learn to live peacefully with one another. Chapters assess polarizing arguments for conserving and preserving mosquitoes, as well as for controlling and killing them, elaborating on possible consequences of both strategies. This book provides informed answers to the dual question: could we eliminate mosquitoes, and should we? Offering insights spanning the technical to the philosophical, this is the “go to” book for exploring humanity’s many relationships with the mosquito—which becomes a journey to finding better ways to inhabit the natural world. Mosquitopia will be of interest to anyone wanting to explore dependencies between human health and natural systems, while offering novel perspectives to health planners, medical experts, environmentalists and animal rights advocates. 2021-07-26T12:26:56Z 2021-07-26T12:26:56Z 2022 book ONIX_20210726_9781000435085_8 9781000435085 9781003056034 9780367520052 9780367520113 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50200 eng Routledge Environmental Humanities application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781000435085.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003056034 10.4324/9781003056034 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 35f0c49f-79c9-473a-95d2-13778edca8c1 Universität Zürich 9781000435085 9781003056034 9780367520052 9780367520113 Routledge 312 [grantnumber unknown] open access
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This edited volume brings together natural scientists, social scientists and humanists to assess if (or how) we may begin to coexist harmoniously with the mosquito. The mosquito is humanity’s deadliest animal, killing over a million people each year by transmitting malaria, yellow fever, Zika and several other diseases. Yet of the 3,500 species of mosquito on Earth, only a few dozen of them are really dangerous—so that the question arises as to whether humans and their mosquito foe can learn to live peacefully with one another. Chapters assess polarizing arguments for conserving and preserving mosquitoes, as well as for controlling and killing them, elaborating on possible consequences of both strategies. This book provides informed answers to the dual question: could we eliminate mosquitoes, and should we? Offering insights spanning the technical to the philosophical, this is the “go to” book for exploring humanity’s many relationships with the mosquito—which becomes a journey to finding better ways to inhabit the natural world. Mosquitopia will be of interest to anyone wanting to explore dependencies between human health and natural systems, while offering novel perspectives to health planners, medical experts, environmentalists and animal rights advocates.
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