Population, Sanitation and Health

A Geographical Study Towards Sustainability

• Author(s): Asraful Alam, Rukhsana, Nazrul Islam, Bappa Sarkar, Ranjan Roy,
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Pages: 411
• ISBN_10: 303140128X
  ISBN_13: 9783031401282
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Public Health , Science / Environmental Science , Social Science / Demography , Social Science / Human Geography , Medical / General , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development , Medical / Occupational & Industrial Medicine ,

Description:...

This book provides analyses of sanitation, health, population dynamics and demographic variables from different perspectives, including data science, statistics, modeling, economics and natural sciences, to inform sustainable decision making and policies related public health and hygiene and in mainly rural and impoverished areas. The structure is arranged into three broad sections: Part I, Population Dynamics, Environment and Society; Part II, Health, Livelihood and Policy Response; and Part III, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). The book makes recommendations for policymakers on designing and delivering social protection policies to deal with different aspects of water, health, sanitation, population, and hygiene, taking the needs of women and rural communities into special consideration. It also aims to educate students and early career researchers, to help them develop novel approaches for sustainability with environmentally sound practices.