The Role of Environmental Aspects in the Maintenance of Human Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 2072
Special Issue Editors
Interests: disease ecology; zoonotic diseases; human health; landscape epidemiology; conservation; conservation & health; low pathogenicity landscapes; ecosystem services
Interests: tropical medicine; parasitology; infectious diseases; entomology; public environmental health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human population growth puts increasing pressure on societies to convert natural lands to other uses, altering landscape structure and the provision of different ecosystem services to communities, including the maintenance of human health. It is estimated that almost a quarter of the global burden of disease can be attributed to environmental and land use changes. Green areas, for example, can reduce pollutant concentrations, affecting respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Natural areas also affect the risk of transmission of zoonotic diseases, those transmitted from animals to humans, with land conversion accounting for 40% of all zoonotic outbreaks. Several studies have shown the relationship between the presence of natural areas and different aspects of human health, but few have attempted to include aspects other than the presence of natural areas. In addition, other environmental factors can also play an important role and act in the transmission of zoonoses. The maintenance of human health and the risk of zoonotic disease transmission are complex, multifactorial, and interconnected issues. Thus, it is essential to gain a thorough understanding of how the entire landscape structure and other environmental factors affect human health. Articles that address these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those that combine a high academic standard with a greater understanding of how the environment modulates human health, and that provide insights into how we can make landscapes healthier for people.
Dr. Paula Ribeiro Prist
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zorello Laporta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- disease ecology
- landscape ecology
- environmental factors
- forest loss
- fragmentation
- habitat restoration
- zoonotic diseases
- human health
- conservation
- ecosystem services
