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Published in: EcoHealth 3/2009

01-09-2009 | Editorial

Water and Health, Ecosystems and Drought

Author: Pierre Horwitz

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 3/2009

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Excerpt

Many of the articles in this issue have a water and health theme, and this is not unusual for our journal. Several articles cover emerging infectious diseases in the aquatic medium, the health of aquatic animals, and the influence of weather patterns and climate change on them. Taken as whole, the issue demonstrates the contributions that a focus on water, particularly wetlands and catchments, can make. By explicitly reintegrating ecosystems, social systems, and governance, water can be seen as both the context and the determinant for health promotion’s healthy settings agenda (Parkes and Horwitz, 2009). …
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Sartore G, Kelly B, Stain H, Albrecht G, Higginbotham N (2008) Control, uncertainty, and expectations for the future: a qualitative study of the impact of drought on a rural Australian community. Rural and Remote Health 8:950
Metadata
Title
Water and Health, Ecosystems and Drought
Author
Pierre Horwitz
Publication date
01-09-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
EcoHealth / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-010-0293-2

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