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Summary: Understanding and Acting on the
Environmental Hazards that Threaten
Children and their Parents
Understanding and Acting on the Environmental Hazards that Threaten
Children and their Parents
'an ideal reference for those concerned with the effect of
environmental hazards on children's health and development' TWPR
'The references section at the conclusion of each of the chapters and
the 16-page bibliography at the back of the book offer
abundant resources for follow-up investigation of the crucial links
between the "child crisis" and environmental issues.'
Worldviews
Each year, millions of children die of environmental causes and many
more suffer serious illness or injury. Children are often the most
vulnerable to the condition of their environment -and their health is
an index of its quality - but their wellbeing is rarely given
priority by governments or aid agencies. Ironically, the problems can
be traced back to matters which can be treated straightforwardly and
at relatively low cost - poor drinking water or food, or infectious
diseases which can be controlled.
This book gives a multidisciplinary account of the environmental
health hazards threatening children and the range of impacts they can
have. It also explains what can be done, by communities as well as
governments and aid workers, to provide safe and healthy environments
for children. The book looks at conditions in a range of cities in
the developing world, as well as pollutants and other health problems
affecting children in the North.
Published in association with UNICEF, and written by some of the same
authors as Environmental Problems in Third World
Cities (Earthscan, 1993), this provides excellent course material,
and will be useful for practitioners working on child development,
infant and maternal health, environmental health and community
development.
David Satterthwaite is Director of the Human Settlements Programme at
the International Institute for Environment and
Development, and principal author of Environmental Problems in Third
World Cities (1993) and Squatter Citizen (1989).
Published in association with UNICEF
298 pages
Owner: David Satterthwaite, Roger Hart, Caren Levy, Diana Mitlin, David Ross, Jac Smit and Carolyn Stephens