Human Frontiers, Environments and Disease

Name: Human Frontiers, Environments and Disease
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521803113
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Past Patterns, Uncertain Futures

Autor: McMichael, Tony (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University)

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Editura: Cambridge University Press

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This compelling account charts the relentless trajectory of humankind, and its changing survival and...

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Autor

McMichael, Tony (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University)

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2001

Pagini

430

EAN

9780521803113

ISBN

052180311X

Enbook ID

02044002

Editura

Cambridge University Press

Greutate

970

Dimensiuni

180 x 254 x 28

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This compelling account charts the relentless trajectory of humankind, and its changing survival and disease patterns, across place and time from when our ancient ancestors roamed the African Savannah to today's populous, industrialised, globalising world. This expansion of human frontiers - geographic, climatic, cultural and technological - has encountered frequent setbacks from disease, famine and dwindling resources. The social and environmental transformations wrought by agrarianism, industrialisation, fertility control, social modernisation, urbanisation and mass consumption have profoundly affected patterns of health and disease. Today, as life expectancies rise, the planet's ecosystems are being damaged by the combined weight of population size and intensive economic activity. Global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion and loss of biodiversity pose large-scale hazards to human health and survival. Recognising this, can we achieve a transition to sustainability? This and other profound questions underlie this chronicle of expansive human activity, social change, environmental impact and their health consequences.

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