Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health and Well-being: Reflections from Use in a Mining Context
| Autor: | Ligia Noronha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Ecology business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public health Environmental resource management Context (language use) Ecosystem services Animal ecology Well-being medicine Ecosystem Sociology InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS Natural resource management business Social capital |
| Zdroj: | EcoHealth. 1:SU16-SU23 |
| ISSN: | 1612-9210 1612-9202 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10393-004-0070-1 |
| Popis: | This article briefly discusses the evolution of ecosystem approaches, and illustrates the use of ecosystem approaches to assess human health and well-being in a mining context. It discusses the various elements that help distinguish such approaches from other approaches. Well-being here is understood broadly in terms of its “constituents” and “determinants,” of which health is an important constituent. Ecological, health, and social assessments highlighted a number of impacts from mining activity in Goa, India. These generated a list of issues of concern that were validated by stakeholders—community, industry, and government—which served as a basis for the development of tools to track mining-induced changes in health and well-being. The article concludes by reflecting on some of the challenges posed by the use of ecosystem approaches to assessing human health and well-being. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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