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Published in: EcoHealth 2/2011

01-06-2011 | Editorial

Diversity, Emergence, Resilience: Guides for A New Generation of Ecohealth Research and Practice

Author: Margot W. Parkes

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 2/2011

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Ecohealth has emerged as a nexus of scholarly and practical effort at a time of considerable transition in research, policy, practice, and education. Amidst this flux, critical reflection is important, especially regarding where ecohealth is headed as a transdisciplinary field and how ecohealth positions itself among a series of iterative and converging efforts. Ten years after founding discussions led to the establishment of the journal EcoHealth, and 5 years from the establishment of the International Association for Ecology & Health, is a timely opportunity to reflect on the past, present, and future of the field and the spaces that ecohealth is growing into. …
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Title
Diversity, Emergence, Resilience: Guides for A New Generation of Ecohealth Research and Practice
Author
Margot W. Parkes
Publication date
01-06-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
EcoHealth / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0732-8

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