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Geographies of nature : societies, environments, ecologies
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ISBN: 9786611897772 1446212513 1281897779 1848607490 Year: 2007 Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE,

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Presenting a new perspective on environmental analysis, this text argues that human ecology should be integral with our study of the natural world.


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Locating risk : energy use, the 'ideal' home and the non-ideal world

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Indeterminacy in-decisions - science, policy and politics in the BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) crisis

The natural and the social
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ISBN: 0415329701 0203392175 9781136891526 1136891528 9781136891595 1136891595 9780203392171 9780415329699 9780415329705 Year: 2004 Publisher: London New York

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The age in which people in the West have treated society and nature as essentially separate matters is at an end. Environmental change and degradation impinge on all our lives, and even our genes are increasingly seen by employers and insurers as commodities.The Natural and the Social draws on insights from across the social sciences to examine the changing character of these interrelations between society and nature. Individual chapters look in depth at genes, environments and human development, medical practices and health, and the management of environmental risk. Throughout students are encouraged to draw on their own experiences to understand the theoretical and practical problems of living in this new natural-and-social world.This exciting and original text will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand more clearly the role and limitations of technological and scientific progress in contemporary society.

Understanding environmental issues
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ISBN: 0470849983 Year: 2003 Publisher: Chichester Wiley

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Changing environments
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ISBN: 0470849991 9780470849996 Year: 2003 Publisher: Chichester : Milton Keynes : John Wiley & sons Ltd, The open university,

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Are we humans destroying the environments in which we live, or is environmental change inevitable and natural? How has the relationship between human societies and environments changed since pre-history? Will human population growth outpace the available resources of land and water? Is global warming and climate change already out of control? What can economic and political models tell us about international development? Changing Environments takes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to such questions, drawing on ideas from science, technology, social science and humanities to examine how and why environments change as a result of natural and human-mediated processes. It draws on examples from around the world, and includes consideration of:* the scales of time and space over which changes in our environments occur* the effects on environments that arise from human use of the resources of energy, land, water and the atmosphere* the role of technology and economics in shaping human actions on our environments* the use and limitations of different models for thinking about environmental changeThe book is part of a series entitled Environment: Change, Contest and Response that forms a large part of an Open University course on environmental matters.


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Antibiotic resistance : : using a cultural contexts of health approach to address a global health challenge
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ISBN: 9789289053945 Year: 2019 Publisher: Copenhagen : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe,

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This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (‎ABR)‎. ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is now increasingly recognized that the systematic neglect of cultural factors is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving better health outcomes and better standards of living worldwide. Using a cultural contexts of health approach, the policy brief explores the centrality of culture to the challenge of ABR. The brief examines how the prescription and use of antibacterial medicines, the transmission of resistance, and the regulation and funding of research are influenced by cultural, social and commercial, as well as biological and technological factors. The brief moves beyond the ready equation of culture with individual behaviours and demonstrates how culture serve as an enabler of health and provide new possibilities for change.

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Culture --- Global Health. --- Drug Resistance, Microbial --- Antimicrobial Stewardship --- Health Policy --- Agriculture --- Santé globale --- Résistance aux antibiotiques. --- Politique de santé. --- Agriculture. --- Europe --- Global health --- Contribution au concept de culture --- Et la culture --- Vie culturelle --- Activités culturelles --- Adab --- Civilisation --- Cognition et culture --- Communication et culture --- Cultural studies --- Culture et développement durable --- Culture et handicapés --- Culture et jeunesse --- Culture et mondialisation --- Culturologie --- Équipements culturels --- Ethnologie --- Études transculturelles --- Langage et culture --- Médias et culture --- Nature et culture --- Personnalité et culture --- Philosophie de la culture --- Politique et culture --- Psychanalyse et culture --- Religion et culture --- Sémiotique et culture --- Acculturation --- Arts --- Biculturalisme --- Collectionneurs et collections --- Communication interculturelle --- Conflit culturel --- Contre-culture --- Cosmopolitisme --- Culture d'entreprise --- Culture de masse --- Culture dominante --- Culture générale --- Culture juridique --- Culture politique --- Culture populaire --- Culture scientifique et technique --- Culture stratégique --- Décivilisation --- Diffusion de la culture --- Diversité culturelle --- Éducation --- Ethnocide --- Géographie culturelle --- Histoire des mentalités --- Journaux --- Patrimoine culturel --- Politique culturelle --- Relations culturelles --- Savoir et érudition --- Sociologie de la culture --- Subculture --- Vie artistique --- Vie intellectuelle --- Vie musicale --- Agricultural Development --- Farming --- Development, Agricultural --- Agricultural Inoculants --- Health Policies --- Healthcare Policy --- National Health Policy --- Health Policy, National --- Healthcare Policies --- National Health Policies --- Policy, Health --- Policy, Healthcare --- Policy, National Health --- Policy Making --- Antibiotic Stewardship --- Stewardship, Antibiotic --- Stewardship, Antimicrobial --- Antimicrobial Drug Resistance --- Antibiotic Resistance --- Antibiotic Resistance, Microbial --- Antimicrobial Drug Resistances --- Drug Resistances, Microbial --- Resistance, Antibiotic --- Microbial Sensitivity Tests --- International Health --- Worldwide Health --- International Health Problems --- World Health --- Health Problem, International --- Health Problems, International --- Health, Global --- Health, International --- Health, World --- Health, Worldwide --- Healths, International --- International Health Problem --- International Healths --- Problem, International Health --- Problems, International Health --- World Health Organization --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Cultural Relativism --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultural Relativisms --- Cultures --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural --- Administration --- Droit --- Histoire --- Aspect économique --- Cahiers, chroniques, etc. -- Comptes rendus --- Conseil de l'Europe, Pays du --- Pays du Conseil de l'Europe --- Eurasie --- Northern Europe --- Southern Europe --- Western Europe --- Agronomy --- Agronomies --- Health Care Policies --- Care Policies, Health --- Health Care Policy --- Policies, Health --- Policies, Health Care --- Policies, Healthcare --- Policy, Health Care --- Hygiène publique --- Hygiène sociale --- Santé internationale --- Santé mondiale --- Écoles de santé publique --- Équipements sanitaires --- Médecine préventive --- Médecine sociale --- Personnel de santé publique --- Santé publique et mondialisation --- Service social médical --- Services communautaires de santé --- Services de santé --- Sociologie de la santé --- Crises sanitaires --- Dépistage --- Salubrité publique --- Santé de la reproduction --- Santé en milieu rural --- Santé en milieu urbain --- Santé mentale --- Santé publique bucco-dentaire --- Services de santé du travail --- Services nationaux de santé --- Soins médicaux --- Vaccination --- Discrimination sexuelle en santé publique --- Épidémiologie --- Évaluation d'impact sur la santé --- Génie sanitaire --- Hygiène du milieu --- Hygiène du travail --- Quarantaine --- Risques pour la santé --- Santé --- Global Health --- Santé publique --- Résistance aux antibiotiques --- Politique sanitaire


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Biosecurity Interventions

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