{"product_id":"health-in-the-anthropocene-9781487524142","title":"Health in the Anthropocene","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdding to a growing body of knowledge about how the social-ecological dynamics of the Anthropocene affect human health, this collection presents strategies that both address core challenges, including climate change, stagnating economic growth, and rising socio-political instability, and offers novel frameworks for living well on a finite planet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRather than directing readers to more sustainable ways to structure health systems, \u003ci\u003eHealth in the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the transition toward social-ecological systems that can support long-term human and environmental health, which requires broad shifts in thought and action, not only in formal health-related fields, but in our economic models, agriculture and food systems, ontologies, and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing that population health will largely be decided at the intersection of experimental social innovations and appropriate technologies, this volume calls readers to turn their attention toward social movements, practices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements   Introduction to Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo    Part 1, Population Health in the Anthropocene: Addressing Wicked Problems in the Transition to an Alternative Social-Ecological System Guided by Ecological Constraints   Introduction Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo   Individual or Community as a Frame of Reference for Health in Modernity and in the Anthropocene Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo    \"Regional Overload\" as an Indicator of Profound Risk: A Plea for the Public Health Community to Awaken Colin Butler, University　of Canberra   Medicine and Healthcare in the Anthropocene: Who Pays and Why? Jennifer Cole, University of London   Anthropocene Health Economics: Preparing for the Journey or the Destination? Martin Hensher, University of Tasmania   What About My Pineapples?: The Wicked Implications of Nonlinearity, Embedded Systems, and Transformative Social Goals Kaitlin Kish, McGill University   Imagining Health Systems 150 years from Now: Best and Worst-case Scenarios for the Future of Human Health Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo   A Changing Role for Public Health in the Anthropocene: The Contribution of Scenario Thinking for Reimagining the Future Blake Poland, University of Toronto, Margot Parkes, University of British Columbia, Trevor Hancock, University of Victoria, George McKibbon, University of Guelph, Andrea Chircop, Dalhousie University    Part 2, Emerging social innovations for health and wellbeing: Prefiguring viable health systems for the Anthropocene    Introduction Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo   The Role of Grassroots Social Movements as Agents of Change for Societal Transformation: The Example of the Transition Movement Blake Poland, University of TorontO, and the Transition Emerging Study Research Team (Chris Buse, Randy Haluza-Delay, Chris Ling, Lenore Newman, Andreì-Anne Parent, Cheryl Teelucksingh, Rebecca Hasdell, K Hayes)   \"Food as Thy Medicine:\" How Ecovillages Foster Population and Planetary Health through Regenerative Food Systems Lisa Mychajluk, University of Toronto - OISE   Care Farming: Making a Meaningful Connection between Agriculture, Health Care and Society Marjolein Elings, Wageningen University \u0026amp; Research   Grieving Nature – Grieving in Nature: The Place of Parks and Natural Places in Palliative and Grief Care Sonya L. Jakubec, Mount Royal University, Dan Carruthers Den Hoed, Mount Royal University, Heather Ray, Mount Royal University, Ashok Krishnamurthy, Mount Royal University   Nature as Partner: Rethinking Intersectoral Action for Health in the Anthropocene Era, Mary Jane Yates, University of Alberta   The Soil Sponge: Collaborating with the Work of Other Species to Improve Public Health, Climate Change, and Resilience Didi Pershouse   Making Medicine Work in the Anthropocene: Tenets of a Meta-medicine for Complex Adaptive Systems in Precarious Times Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and William Sutherland, University of Waterloo   Part 3, Alternative ontologies: Laying the groundwork for living well within the earth’s biophysical limits    Introduction,  Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo   Our Affluence Is Killing Us: What Degrowth Offers Health and Wellbeing Jean-Louis Aillon, Frantz Fanon Center   Nurturing Ecological Consciousness Mark Hathaway, University of Waterloo, Donald Cole, University of Toronto, and Blake Poland, University of Toronto   Bodies of the Anthropocene: Health, Ontology, Ecology Alexander Foster, King’s College London   The Exploration of Socio-Ecological Approaches and Indicators in the Anthropocene Ann Del Bianco, York University, David Mallery, York University, Kamal Paudel, York University, Martin J. Bunch, York University   Coming Back to Our True Nature: What is the inner work that supports Transition? Blake Poland, University of Toronto   Death Denial in the Anthropocene Sheldon Solomon, Skidmore College    To Become Ancestors of a Living Future Barbara Jane Davy, University of Waterloo   Conclusion, Pursuing Health in the Anthropocene: A Synthesis of Current and Future Research Priorities Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo   List of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739691004247,"sku":"9781487524142","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487524142.jpg?v=1720052912","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/health-in-the-anthropocene-9781487524142","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}