Health in the Anthropocene

Living Well on a Finite Planet

Katharine Zywert, Stephen Quilley

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English

University of Toronto Press
04 February 2020

Medicine: general issues; Medical profession; Telemedicine; Health psychology

Adding to a growing body of knowledge about how the social-ecological dynamics of the Anthropocene affect human health, this collection presents strategies that both address core challenges, including climate change, stagnating economic growth, and rising socio-political instability, and offers novel frameworks for living well on a finite planet.

Rather than directing readers to more sustainable ways to structure health systems, Health in the Anthropocene navigates the transition toward social-ecological systems that can support long-term human and environmental health, which requires broad shifts in thought and action, not only in formal health-related fields, but in our economic models, agriculture and food systems, ontologies, and ethics.

Arguing that population health will largely be decided at the intersection of experimental social innovations and appropriate technologies, this volume calls readers to turn their attention toward social movements, practices, and ways of living that build resilience for an era of systemic change. Drawing on diverse disciplines and methodologies from fields including anthropology, ecological economics, sociology, and public health, Health in the Anthropocene maps out alternative pathways that have the potential to sustain human wellbeing and ecological integrity over the long term.

Edited by: Katharine Zywert, Stephen Quilley
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781487524142
ISBN 10: 1487524145
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 04 February 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katharine Zywert is an independent researcher and writer working at the intersection of social-ecological systems change and health. Stephen Quilley is an associate professor of Social and Ecological Innovation in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.

Reviews for Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet

"""Health in the Anthropocene is a very well-researched, well-written work of great insight, foresight and ambition in relation to the ecological threats we face, with diverse analytic and practical contributions from a range of respected scholars.""--Solomon Benatar, University of Cape Town and University of Toronto ""Health in the Anthropocene contributes consideration and critique of current practice and thinking to facilitate behaviour change towards living well with equity and within the limits of the planet. A thought-provoking read, it represents a major contribution to moving problem-recognition to solution-finding, and a milestone in this literature.""--Ro McFarlane, Public health academic, University of Canberra"