人口,環境,病気,生存: 過去のパターン,不確実な未来
1National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, 0200, Canberra ACT, Australia. tony.mcmichael@anu.edu.au
Lancet (London, England)
|April 12, 2002
まとめ
人口の健康は,持続可能な開発の重要な成果であり,マーカーでもある. 環境の変化はますます健康を脅かしており,持続可能性のために,生態学的要因を健康科学に統合する必要がある.
科学分野:
- 環境の健康 環境の健康
- 人口保健科学 人口保健科学
- 持続可能な開発 持続可能な開発
背景:
- 人口の健康は,単なる投入ではなく,持続可能な開発の不可欠な成果とマーカーとしてますます認識されています.
- 健康上の利益における社会資本と人材資本の役割は研究されているが,環境変化が健康と生存に与える影響はあまり理解されていない.
- 歴史的な病気と長寿パターンは,環境条件と運搬能力の限界を反映しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 環境変化と住民の健康への影響の複雑な関係を探求する.
- 最近の健康改善が自然環境資本のコストで達成されたかどうかを調査する.
- 持続可能性プロジェクトにおける人口の健康科学の重要な役割を強調する.
主な方法:
- 環境条件と関連した過去の病気と長寿データの分析.
- 現在の人口増加,消費,排出が地球環境システムに与える影響を評価する.
- 環境変化の健康への影響を検知,割り当てる,予測するための方法に関する研究.
主要な成果:
- 人口の健康上の利益は,自然環境資本の枯渇と関連している可能性があります.
- 人間の活動によって引き起こされる環境の変化は,地球規模のシステムに悪影響を及ぼし始めています.
- 環境変化による健康への影響を予測することは,重要な研究複雑性をもたらします.
結論:
- 人口の健康は,環境の持続可能性と密接に関連しています.
- 環境変化による健康への影響を理解し,軽減することは,持続可能な開発にとって極めて重要です.
- 人口保健科学は,持続可能性の課題に取り組むために積極的に貢献しなければなりません.
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