Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Changing Environment

Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Changing Environment Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures

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Publisher's Synopsis

The revised and updated second edition of Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Changing Environment offers an interdisciplinary guide to the conditions responsible for water and sanitation related diseases. The authors discuss the pathogens, vectors, and their biology, morbidity and mortality that result from a lack of safe water and sanitation. The text also explores the distribution of these diseases and the conditions that must be met to reduce or eradicate them. 

The text includes contributions from authorities from the fields of climate change, epidemiology, environmental health, environmental engineering, global health, medicine, medical anthropology, nutrition, population, and public health. Covers the causes of individual diseases with basic information about the diseases and data on the distribution, prevalence, and incidence as well as interconnected factors such as environmental factors. The authors cover access to and maintenance of clean water, and guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta, and grey water, plus examples of solutions. 

Written for students, and professionals in infectious disease, public health and medicine, chemical and environmental engineering, and international affairs, the second edition of Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Changing Environment isa comprehensive resource to the conditions responsible for water and sanitation related diseases.

Book information

ISBN: 9781119416210
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: Wiley Blackwell
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 363.7394
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xvi, 326 , 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight: 1225g
Height: 282mm
Width: 221mm
Spine width: 20mm