Globalization, Health, and the Environment

An Integrated Perspective

288 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. Through case studies of cultures around the world, they examine the bio-cultural intersection of health and the environment and the impact of rapid change, technological development and the expansion of the global economy. This book will be valuable to professionals in international health, medical anthropology, geography and sociology, environmental studies, and globalization studies.

• Reihe: Globalization and the Environment
• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik
• ISBN: 9780759105812
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2005
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Herausgegeben von: Greg Guest