Table of Contents:
  • Health ecology : an introduction
  • pt. 1. Health in macro ecosystems. Good planets are hard to find
  • Health and conservation : shared values
  • Human health as an ecological problem
  • Health through sustainable development
  • Health and political ecology : public opinion, political ideology, political parties, policies and the press
  • pt. 2. Health in micro ecosystems. Health of women : changing lifestyles and reproductive health
  • Health of children : causal pathways from macro to micro environment
  • Healthy homes
  • pt. 3. Selected case studies. Health ecology and the biodiversity of natural medicine : perspectives from traditional and complementary health systems
  • Health of rural and urban communities in developing countries : a case study in Indonesia
  • Health and psychology of water
  • Health Impactment Assessment in Flanders : contribution to environmental management and health.