Oceans and Human Health Opportunities and Impacts Fleming Alcantara Creencia 2e
Oceans and Human Health Opportunities and Impacts. Provides the latest global research to further understanding about how humans interact with the oceans. Lora Fleming (Edited by), Lota B. Alcantara Creencia (Edited by), William H. Gerwick (Edited by), Hong Ching Goh (Edited by), Matthew O. Gribble (Edited by), Bruce Maycock (Edited by), Helena Solo-Gabriele (Edited by). Hardback, published 24 July 2023.
832 pages 27.6 x 21.6 x 3.7 cm, 2.51 kg. This book focuses on a very complex relationships between humans and oceans, offering its reader the colorful international case studies...
It explores our future and how planet population can get together to nurture our relationship with oceans. Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition explores the inextricably interconnected and complex relationship between oceans and humans. Through the lens of the expanding oceans and human health meta-discipline, this work examines the many invaluable ecosystem services offered by oceans as well as the global anthropogenic impacts, and explores the associated risks and benefits to human health. Written and edited by an interdisciplinary team of experts, the book features international perspectives on the resources available to address these benefits and risks, including enhanced research, policy, and community engagement. The book concludes by examining the future of ocean stewardship and how global populations can unite to nurture and promote our life-enhancing relationship with oceans. This is an indispensable resource for students, researchers, communities, and industry specialists in marine sciences, public health, and international policy.Overview of Oceans and Human Health. Section I: Ocean Benefits, Opportunities, and Resources 2. Humans and the Sea: Cultural and Historic Value 4.
Food from the Ocean 5. Medicines from the Sea 6.
Contact with Marine Blue Spaces for Human Health and Well-being. Section II: Ocean Risks and Negative Human Impacts 9.
Ocean Ecosystem Degradation and Human Populations 10. Climate Change and the Ocean 11. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) 12.Microbial and Antimicrobial Resistance 13. Chemical Pollution and the Ocean 14. Plastics, Behavior Change, and the Ocean 15. Radiation and the Ocean 16.
Estimating the impact of Oceans on Human Health: the potential value of a burden of disease approach. Section III: Other Aspects 17. The People of the Seas and the Seas of the People 18.
Section IV: Necessary Tools 19. Observing and Monitoring the Ocean 20.
Monitoring and Measuring Human Health and Wellbeing 21. Ocean Law, Policies, and Regulation 22. Community Engagement for Ocean and Human Health. Section V: Future Scanning and Innovations 23. Horizon Scan of Oceans and Human Health.Subject Areas: Marine biology PSPM. , Ecological science, the Biosphere PSAF. , Public health & preventive medicine MBN.