Environmental Policy and Public Health

2. New Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4987-9939-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 285 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 1508 g

As with the first edition, this second edition describes how environmental health policies are developed, the statutes and other policies that have evolved to address public health concerns associated with specific environmental hazards, and the public health foundations of the policies. It lays out policies for what is considered the major environmental physical hazards to human health. Specifically, the authors describe hazards from air, water, food, hazardous substances, and wastes. To this list the authors have added the additional concerns from climate change, tobacco products, genetically-modified organisms, environment-related diseases, energy production, biodiversity and species endangerment, and the built environment. And as with the first edition, histories of policymaking for specific environmental hazards are portrayed. This edition differs from its antecedent in three significant themes. Global perspectives are added to chapters that describe specific environmental hazards, e.g., air pollution policies in China and India. Also there is the material on the consequences of environmental hazards on both human and ecosystem health. Additionally readers are provided with information about interventions that policymakers and individuals can consider in mitigating or preventing specific environmental hazards.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Barry L.

Lichtveld, Maureen Y.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: Policymaking Basics, Foundations, and Resources 1. Fundamentals of Environmental Health Policymaking 2. Steps in Environmental Health Policymaking 3. U.S. Federal Government’s Environmental Health Structure 4. General U.S. Federal Environmental Statutes 5. Global Environmental Health Programs and Policies Section II: Known Environmental Hazards to Public Health 6. Climate Change 7. Tobacco Products 8. Air Quality 9. Water Quality and Security 10. Food Safety and Security 11. Hazardous Chemical Substances 12. Waste Generation and Management 13. Environment-Related Infectious Diseases Section III: Emerging Areas Impacting Environmental Health 14. Energy Production and Associated Policies 15. Genetically Modified Organisms 16. Biodiversity and Endangered Species 17. The Built Environment Section IV: Influences on Environmental Health Policymaking 18. Policy Impacts of Environmental Justice 19. Policy Impacts of Risk Assessment 20. Lessons Learned and Authors’ Reflection Section V: Support Material Appendix 1: List of Abbreviations Appendix 2: List of Key Websites Appendix 3: Glossary of Key Terms