Wetlands and Human Health - Finlayson, C Max.; Horwitz, Pierre; Weinstein, Philip; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Wetlands as settings for human health - the benefits and the paradox -- 2. Public health perspectives on water systems and ecology -- 3. Wetlands, well-being, food security and medicinal products -- Wetlands as sites of exposure to infectious diseases -- Wetlands as sites of exposure to pollution and toxicants -- Healthy wetlands, healthy people: mosquito borne disease -- Wetlands as livelihoods and contributions they make to health and well-being -- Wetlands and health: how do urban wetlands contribute to community well-being? -- Wetlands as places that help absorb the damage of natural disasters -- Interventions required to enhance human well-being by addressing the erosion of ecosystem services in wetlands -- Wetland wise use and human health - guidance for wetland -- A synthesis of the benefits and paradoxes of wetlands as settings for human health.
Keywords: Environment; Medicine; Water; Life sciences; Environment, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Water, general; Life Sciences, general