Our Global Environment : A Health Perspective, 4/E - Softcover

Anne Nadakavukaren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881338311 ISBN 13: 9780881338317

Publisher: WaVELAND PRESS, INC, 1995

Synopsis

This successful volume provides a broad, up-to-date survey of the major environmental issues facing the world today. Its dual approach is to describe the ecological impact of various human activities combined with specific issues of personal and community health, emphasizing the interrelatedness of the two. A great strength is its ability to impart to readers a sense of how these environmental issues directly affect their own lives, as well as too make them aware of opportunities to participate in the decision-making processes that will influence health and environmental quality in years to come. Beginning with a rudimentary discussion of general ecological principles, the book focuses primarily on our present population-resources- pollution crisis and explains why human health and welfare depend on a successful resolution of these challenges. The material is enhanced by 89 photographs and more than 85 maps, charts, and graphs.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Consider these titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Cooper-Alley, Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach, Second Edition (ISBN 0881337587) and Cooper et al., Foundations of Environmental Engineering (ISBN 157766048X).

Review:

"This remarkably readable and well-edited text focuses on concrete examples of the changing field. The student and instructional materials were well developed. This would complement my undergraduate or graduate seminar." --Edwin Tjoe, Stony Brook University

"An excellent, comprehensive look at environmental health using examples that are relevant to students' daily lives. I really enjoy the global perspective." --Mellissa Withers, California State University, Los Angeles

About this edition

• Publisher: WaVELAND PRESS, INC
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0881338311
• ISBN 13: 9780881338317
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 711