| 书目名称 | Environment and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Managing an Emerging Crisis |
| 副标题 | Selected Papers from |
| 编辑 | Isaac N. Luginaah,Ernest K. Yanful |
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| 概述 | A showcase of environment and health management in developing countries.Exposition of environmental and environmental health challenges that the world’s vulnerable population faces.A review of environ |
| 图书封面 |  |
| 描述 | This book is the second edited compilation of selected, refereed papers submitted to ERTEP 2007. The book is organized into 10 chapters along four of the key themes that were discussed at the conference: Environmental Health Management; Mining and Environment; Environmental Monitoring and Policy Development; and Susta- ability and Social Responsibility. It is hoped that the contents of the book will p- vide an insight into some of the environmental and health management challenges confronting the developing world and the steps being taken to address them. The ?rst three chapters under the Environmental Health and Management theme discusses issues related to food security and related environmental distress in sub- Saharan Africa. Chapter 1 argues that pervasive poverty and low agricultural p- ductivity are important factors in understanding food insecurity in the region, and broader global processes are examined. This chapter maintains that while poverty undermines individual and household access to suf?cient food through market p- chase, land inequalities, corruption, structural adjustment programs, civil con?ict, HIV/AIDS and the role of the World Trade Organization Agreement on A |
| 出版日期 | Book 2009 |
| 关键词 | Africa; Emerging; Environmental; Environmental Management; Food security; Health; development; ecosystem; en |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9382-1 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9171-8 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-9382-1 |
| copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 |
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