Down to Earth: Community Perspectives on Health, Development, and the Environment
Bonnie Bradford and Margaret A. Gwynne, editors | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-050-5 $24.95 |
| 1995/194 pages/LC: 95–17307 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
The authors explore linkages among health, development, and environmental issues, focusing on the interdependent issues of poverty, violence, excessive resource use, and irresponsible hazardous waste disposal.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bonnie Bradford is a communications specialist at the World Bank. Margaret A. Gwynne is visiting professor in the Department of Anthropology at SUNY–Stony Brook.
CONTENTS
- Introduction.
- URBANIZATION, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
- Innovative Programs for the Urban Poor in Cali, Colombia—R. Guerrero.
- An Urban Environmental Sanitation Loan Program in Honduras—R. Ocasio, T.A. Kilbane, and J.A. Hermanson.
- Developing a Violence Prevention Coalition in Los Angeles—C.A. Evans Jr and B.P. Weiss.
- IMPLICATIONS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
- The Post-Soviet Legacy of Industrial Pollution in Armenia—K. Hekimian.
- Assessing Environmental Health Risks in Quito, Ecuador—E.P. Brantly Jr.
- Exploring Gender Roles in Environmental Management, Health, and Development. Improving Access to Family Planning Services in Rural Mali—L.P. Kak and MB. Signer.
- Bringing Clean Water to Kenyan Households—M.W. Mwangola.
- Indoor Air Pollution, Household Health, and Appropriate Technology: Women and the Indoor Environment in Sri Lanka—E. Crewe.
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM AND THE SEARCH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
- Fighting Toxic Waste Dumping in Kentucky—L. Wilson.
- Economic Development and Destruction of Indigenous Lands—N. Butler and W. LaDuke.
- CREATING RESPONSIVE INSTITUTIONS.
- Linking Population and Environmental Conservation Activities in Southwestern Uganda—J.J. Nahalamba Mukolewe, T. McGinn, and C.L. Carlson.
- Chagas Disease Control Through Community Action in Bolivia—F. Balderrama, H. Bermudez, F. Torrico, and A.A. Arata.
- Primary Environmental Care: An Approach to Sustainable Livelihood—D. Bajracharya.
"Makes clear how new approaches can work in participatory ways with low-income communities so that health, livelihoods, and environmental management are all improved."—David Satterthwaite, Environment and Urbanization