Our Global Environment : A Health Perspective, 4/E [Paperback]

Anne Nadakavukaren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1995 | ISBN-10: 0881338311 | ISBN-13: 978-0881338317 | Edition: 4th

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.

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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).

Product Details

• Paperback: 711 pages
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc; 4th edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881338311
• ISBN-13: 978-0881338317
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,079,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, February 16, 2005

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Henry Kwok - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Global Environment : A Health Perspective (Paperback)

Broad coverage of important topics in environmental health. Most important of all, it is very easy to read and grasp the points that the author is trying to make. It is comparatively much more readible than many other titles in the subject.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't put it down!, June 28, 2000

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This review is from: Our Global Environment : A Health Perspective (Paperback)

Anyone who reads this book will find that it is wonderful. I have only read a few chapters of if for a college course that I am taking, and am looking forward to reading more of it. The information included in the text was so easy to grasp and to remember. The author thinks about every little aspect concerning the issue and draws on it clearly so as to make sure that the reader understands each and every issue involved. This surely is a book for anyone who is interested in environmental issues and what causese those issues to come about and how much of an impact that we humans have on the planet.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Environment and a Bit More..., July 4, 2006

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M. Soto (NYC-Harlem) - See all my reviews
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This book was a required text for one of my courses. In the past I have not had the best experiences with texts that offer such broad overviews of topics, and as result, I was not looking forward to reading this book. However, I have found the book extremely well written with an abundance of references for additional reading and further research. Every chapter has inserts of up to date events that outline both the environmental and health effects of pollution on world populations. For example the chapter on "Water Pollution" (Ch. 15) at the same time that it identifies the many sources of water pollution it also provides the reader examples of water pollution on health; such as, describing in detail the how and why schistosomiasis infection rates have remained constant for the past 50 years affecting 250 million people globally. If you are interested on a well written introductory book on the environment and health, this is certainly a book to keep in mind.