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Oceans and Human Health
Opportunities and Impacts
Lora Fleming,Lota B. Alcantara Creencia,William H. Gerwick,Hong Ching Goh,Matthew O. Gribble,Bruce Maycock,Helena Solo-Gabriele
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Oceans and Human Health
Opportunities and Impacts
Lora Fleming,Lota B. Alcantara Creencia,William H. Gerwick,Hong Ching Goh,Matthew O. Gribble,Bruce Maycock,Helena Solo-Gabriele
About This Book
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.
- Addresses benefits, opportunities, risks, and impacts resulting from the relationship between oceans and humans, informed by more than 100 international authors
- Identifies and links necessary tools to relevant disciplines for action, and provides illustrative international case studies
- Covers scientific, socioeconomic, political, and ethical analyses behind the latest ocean and human health research
- Provides study questions and horizon scans at the end of each chapter to encourage individual thought and action, offering a resource for course instructors, students, and communities
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Front cover image caption
- Back cover caption photo of Earth as water
- Contributors
- Editors biographies
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Overview of Oceans and Human Health
- Section I: Ocean benefits, opportunities, and resources
- Section II: Ocean risks and negative human impacts
- Section III: Other aspects
- Section IV: Necessary tools
- Section V: Future scanning and innovations
- Section VI: Conclusions and recommendations
- List of Figures and Tables
- Index