Health Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. The Global Health Care Chain

   From the Pacific to the World

   By John Connell

   Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

   For more than a quarter of a century there has been significant international migration of skilled health workers, but in the last decades, with critical changes in both sending and receiving countries, few parts of the world are now unaffected by the consequences of the migration of health workers...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ecological Public Health

   Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health

   By Geof Rayner, Tim Lang

   What is public health? To some, it is about drains, water, food and housing, all requiring engineering and expert management. To others, it is the State using medicine or health education and tackling unhealthy lifestyles. This book argues that public health thinking needs an overhaul, a...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Mobility, Sexuality and AIDS

   Edited by Felicity Thomas, Mary Haour-Knipe, Peter Aggleton

   Series: Sexuality, Culture and Health

   Over the past two decades, population mobility has intensified and become more diverse, raising important questions concerning the health and well-being of people who are mobile as well as communities of origin and destination. Ongoing concerns have been voiced about possible links between...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. The International Migration of Health Workers

   Edited by John Connell

   Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

   This volume provides the first detailed overview of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers. The contributors focus on who migrates, why they migrate, what the outcomes are for them and their extended families, what their experiences in the workforce are, and...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Risk Analysis and Human Behavior

   By Baruch Fischhoff

   Series: The Earthscan Risk in Society Series

   The articles collected here are foundational contributions to integrating behavioural research and risk analysis. They include seminal articles on three essential challenges. One is ensuring effective two-way communication between technical experts and the lay public, so that risk analyses address...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. Judgment and Decision Making

   By Baruch Fischhoff

   Series: The Earthscan Risk in Society Series

   Behavioral decision research offers a distinctive approach to understanding and improving decision making. It combines theory and method from multiple disciples (psychology, economics, statistics, decision theory, management science). It employs both empirical methods, to study how decisions are...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
7. Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development

   Edited by Stephen Devereux, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Richard Longhurst

   Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture,...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
8. Why Noise Matters

   A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions

   By John Stewart, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers, Val Weedon, Arline Bronzaft

   Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues compellingly that it is, and tells you all you need to know about noise as a social, cultural, environmental and health issue. Across the world, more people are disturbed by noise in their day-today lives than by any other...

   Published August 23rd 2011 by Routledge
9. Health Impact Assessment

   Principles and Practice

   By Martin Birley

   Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies on the health of communities. It is a rapidly growing complement to Environmental Impact Assessment, increasingly mandated by national and international requirements. Guidelines have...

   Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge
10. An Introduction to the Geography of Health

    By Peter Anthamatten, Helen Hazen

    Health issues such as the emergence of infectious diseases, the potential influence of global warming on human health, and the escalating strain of increasing longevity and chronic conditions on healthcare systems are of growing importance in an increasingly peopled and interconnected world. A...

    Published June 19th 2011 by Routledge