Ecosystem approaches to human health and well-being : reflections from use in a mining context
dc.contributor.author | Noronha, Ligia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-28T15:07:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-04-28T15:07:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.description | Includes abstract in French and Spanish | en |
dc.description.abstract | This article briefly discusses the evolution of ecosystem approaches, and illustrates the use of ecosystem approaches to assess human health and well-being in a mining context. It discusses the various elements that help distinguish such approaches from other approaches. Well-being here is understood broadly in terms of its ‘‘constituents’’ and ‘‘determinants,’’ of which health is an important constituent. Ecological, health, and social assessments highlighted a number of impacts from mining activity in Goa, India. These generated a list of issues of concern that were validated by stakeholders—community, industry, and government— which served as a basis for the development of tools to track mining-induced changes in health and well-being. The article concludes by reflecting on some of the challenges posed by the use of ecosystem approaches to assessing human health and well-being. | en |
dc.format | Text | en |
dc.format.extent | 1 digital file (p. 16-23) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10625/45979 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | EcoHealth Journal Consortium, Springer, New York, NY, US | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | EcoHealth, no. 1, suppl. 2, November 2004 | en |
dc.subject | MINING | en |
dc.subject | ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES | en |
dc.subject | HEALTH AND HUMAN WELL-BEING | en |
dc.subject | SOCIAL CAPITAL | en |
dc.subject | GOA | en |
dc.subject | SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS | en |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS | en |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | en |
dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | en |
dc.title | Ecosystem approaches to human health and well-being : reflections from use in a mining context | en |
dc.title.alternative | EcoHealth journal special supplement November 2004 | en |
dc.type | Journal Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
idrc.dspace.access | IDRC Only | en |
idrc.project.componentnumber | 100840015 | |
idrc.project.number | 101276 | |
idrc.project.number | 100840 | |
idrc.project.number | 100310 | |
idrc.project.title | Sustainability Markers in Minerals Development (India) | en |
idrc.project.title | International Forum on Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health (Year 2003) | en |
idrc.project.title | Environmental and Social Performance Indicators and Sustainability Markers in Minerals Development - Phase II | en |
idrc.rims.adhocgroup | IDRC SUPPORTED | en |
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