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dc.contributor.authorDale, PER
dc.contributor.authorConnelly, R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:11:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:11:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-10T23:57:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0923-4861
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11273-012-9264-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49321
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides an introduction to the Wetlands and Human Health special issue and an overview of the papers. It identifies the disjunct that can exist between managing wetland health and human health. There is a need to resolve the potential conflict between managing wetlands for their values and managing them for positive human health outcomes. All authors have used the Ramsar definition of wetlands and the World Health Organization definition of human health. The papers (several are reviews) cover a range of wetlands and diseases from mosquitoborne to snail or pathogen vectors. Mosquito management is a common theme, illustrating, for the eastern USA, that wetland damage from the early to mid twentieth century can be ameliorated by careful restoration and, for Australia, that damage may be avoided. Constructed wetlands provide an opportunity to create ecosystem services and wetland value such that careful design and operation can minimise mosquito risks. Although the papers focus on negative health impacts of wetlands they deal with these to minimise health risks while restoring or maintaining wetland function or by exploring knowledge needs that would facilitate wise management.
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom165
dc.relation.ispartofpageto171
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWetlands Ecology and Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleWetlands and human health: an overview
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC3 - Articles (Letter/ Note)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDale, Patricia E.


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