Wetlands and Human Health

• Wetlands as settings for human health – the benefits and the paradox.- 2. Public health perspectives on water systems and ecology.- 3. Wetlands, well-being, food security and medicinal products.- Wetlands as sites of exposure to infectious diseases.- Wetlands as sites of exposure to pollution and toxicants.- Healthy wetlands, healthy people: mosquito borne disease.- Wetlands as livelihoods and contributions they make to health and well-being.- Wetlands and health: how do urban wetlands contribute to community well-being?.- Wetlands as places that help absorb the damage of natural disasters.- Interventions required to enhance human well-being by addressing the erosion of ecosystem services in wetlands.- Wetland wise use and human health – guidance for wetland.- A synthesis of the benefits and paradoxes of wetlands as settings for human health.

“The volume emphasizes an ecosystemapproach that ties the well-being of humans–individuals and populations–towater bodies that in fact provide a wealth of ecological services, bothnecessities and luxuries. … The social importance of wetlands is emphasizedthroughout. … Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (M. Gochfeld, Choice, Vol.53 (5), January, 2016)