Routledge Handbook of Water and Health [Paperback]

This comprehensive handbook provides an authoritative source of information on global water and health, suitable for interdisciplinary teaching for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. It covers both developing and developed country concerns.

It is organized into sections covering: hazards (including disease, chemicals and other contaminants); exposure; interventions; intervention implementation; distal influences; policies and their implementation; investigative tools; and historic cases. It offers 71 analytical and engaging chapters, each representing a session of teaching or graduate seminar.

Written by a team of expert authors from around the world, many of whom are actively teaching the subject, the book provides a thorough and balanced overview of current knowledge, issues and relevant debates, integrating information from the environmental, health and social sciences.

1. Introduction 

Jamie Bartram and Rachel Baum 

Part 1: Water-related Hazards 

2. Introduction: Water-related Hazards 

St?phanie McFadyen and William Robertson 

3. Bradley Classification of Disease Transmission Routes for Water-related Hazards 

Jamie Bartram and Paul Hunter 

4. Waterborne and Water-washed Disease 

Mark D. Sobsey 

5. Water-based Disease and Microbial Growth 

Charles P. Gerba and Gordon Nichols 

6. Water Related Insect Vectors of Disease 

Arne Bomblies 

7. Health Impacts of Water Carriage 

Jo-Anne Geere 

8. Hazards from Legionella 

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