Ecosystems, Society, and Health
Pathways through Diversity, Convergence, and Integration
International perspectives on the interdependence of ecological, health, and societal problems.
Description
The modern world has created complex systems that have interrelated concerns. Ecosystems, Society, and Health presents new perspectives on how the challenges relating to these concerns must be examined, not as disparate political narratives, but as dynamic transformational stories that demand integrative systems of research, analysis, practice, and action. Struggles over healthy watersheds, diseases associated with environmental change, and public health impacts of unsafe food exemplify the demand for integrated understanding and action. Contributors argue that traditional science, power politics, and linear ideals of public policy are inadequate to address sustainability, justice, safety, and responsibility. Drawing from a series of case studies that range from nursing, to watershed management, to environmental health and risk communication, this collection strikes an informed balance between practical lessons and a sophisticated theoretical context with which to interpret them. Demonstrating the diverse contextual understanding demanded by today’s complex issues, Ecosystems, Society, and Health is a timely resource with guidance for practitioners, researchers, and educators.
Reviews
“An important contribution to the field by offering national and international perspectives and lessons of collaboration for a common purpose. It will be especially relevant for students who are broadening their understandings of the intersections between
“By drawing on research in diverse areas and integrating the different concepts, approaches and interpretive frameworks into a coherent volume, Ecosystems, Society, and Health moves the field of interdisciplinary research at the nexus of society, environment, and health significantly forward.” Mardie Townsend, Deakin University