Ecosystem Crises Interactions

Sinopsis

u003cpu003eu003cbu003eExplores the human impacts on environment that lead to serious ecological crises, an innovative resource for students, professionals, and researchers alikeu003c/bu003e u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003ciu003eEcosystem Crises Interaction: Human Health and the Changing Environment u003c/iu003eprovides a timely and innovative framework for understanding how negative human activity impacts the environment, and how seemingly disparate factors connect to, and magnify, hazardous consequences under a changing climate. Presenting a coherent, holistic perspective to the subject, this compelling textbook and reference examines the diverse, often unexpected links that connect our complex world in context of global climate change. u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eThe text illustrates how eco-crisis interaction—the synergistic interface of two or more environmental events or pollutants—can multiply to produce harmful health effects that are greater than their additive impact. This concept is highlighted through numerous real and relatable examples, from the use of sediment rock in hydraulic and drinking water filtration systems, to the connections between human development and crises such as deforestation, emergent infectious diseases, and global food insecurity. Throughout the text, specific examples present opportunities to consider broader questions about the extinction of species, populations, and ways of life. Presenting a balanced investigation of the interaction of contemporary ecological dangers, human behavior, and health, this unique resource:u003c/pu003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eExplores how complex interactions between global warming and anthropogenic impairments magnify the diverse ecological perils and threats facing humans and other species u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eDiscusses roadblocks to addressing environmental risk, such as global elite polluters, the organized denial of climate change, and deliberate environmental disruption for financial gain u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eDescribes how the production and use of fossil fuels are driving a significant rise in carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the atmosphere and in the oceans u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eIllustrates how industrial production is contributing to an array of environmental crises, including fuel spills, waste leakages, and loss of biodiversity u003c/liu003e u003cliu003eExamines the critical ecosystems that are at risk from interacting stressors of human origin u003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003cpu003eu003ciu003eEcosystem Crises Interaction: Human Health and the Changing Environment u003c/iu003eis an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses including public and allied health, environmental studies, medical ecology, medical anthropology, and geo-health, and a valuable reference for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in fields such as environmental health, global and planetary health, public health, climate change, and medical social science. u003c/pu003e