| Description |
131 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Human health and wellbeing -- Human survival: the importance of demographic, epidemiological and health transitions / Bob Douglas -- Human health and wellbeing in the Aboriginal community / Marion Hansen -- Psychosocial wellbeing and mental health into the 21st century / Beverley Raphael and Nada Martinek -- Chapter 2. Health and the biosphere -- Humans and the health of the biosphere / Stephen Boyden -- Double or nothing: the changing relationship between the health of the biosphere and the health of the people / Valerie Brown -- Chapter 3. Human settlement -- Sustainable human settlement: a continuing process for survival / Allan Rodger -- Collaborative strategies for rural environments / Anna Carr -- Chapter 4. Economics and ethics -- The tyranny of efficiency: economics and ethics in public policy / Clive Hamilton -- Ethics of resource allocation / Romaine Rutman -- The sovereignty proposal / Ken Bohnsack -- Chapter 5. Cultural change -- The case for a new public forum: ethics-based planning / Janis Birkeland -- Humankind, the natural world and transcendence - / Paul Collins -- Chapter 6. Visions and reflections -- A vision for the future / Allan Fox -- Reflections through poetry / Anne Edgeworth |
| Summary |
"What are the relationships between human and environmental survival, health and wellbeing? Are the present levels of human population growth, consumption and pollution sustainable? How will society adapt to the environmental and health challenges of the coming century, both globally and within Australia? This book presents an inter-disciplinary approach to these questions, which are of vital importance to the future of people and the biosphere which we inhabit."--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Sponsors the Mulanggarri Foundation (University of Canberra), the Commonwealth Dept. of Human Services and Health (Community Organisations' Support Program Grant) |
| Subject |
Environmental health -- Australia -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
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Environmental health -- Australia.
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Health risk assessment -- Australia -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
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Human ecology -- Australia -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Furnass, Bryan.
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Nature and Society Forum
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| ISBN |
0646283502 |
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