This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between environmental factors and public health, providing both theoretical insights and practical solutions. As environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, and natural disasters increasingly threaten global public health, this book integrates foundational theories with empirical evidence to address these pressing issues. It covers a wide range of topics including the theoretical and methodological foundations for understanding the nexus between environment and public health, exploring historical perspectives and research directions. The book examines the health impacts of environmental hazards and disasters, focusing on vulnerable regions and populations with highlighting climate change associated public health challenges. Furthermore, the book shifts to the environmental pollution and public health challenges, offering sustainable solutions to mitigate environmental pollutions. The book also delves into the intersection of climate extremes, food security, and nutrition, focusing on how vulnerable countries can build resilient food systems to combat food insecurity and malnutrition. It emphasizes the role of cutting-edge technologies like geospatial tools, artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML) and advanced environment and public health data cloud to make sustainable solutions. By integrating diverse regional perspectives, the book presents actionable strategies for building resilient, sustainable environment and public health. Designed for researchers, policymakers, and environmental health practitioners, this book serves as an essential guide for understanding the profound global environmental challenges and public health burdens, learning the advance tools and techniques to delineate such issues and resilient strategies
Part I: Environmental Health: Theoretical Insights, Methods, and
Research Direction.- Historical, Theoretical and Epidemiological Approaches
to Environmental Health Research.- Dynamic Methodologies in Environmental
Health Research: Integrating Mixed Methods for Equity and
Sustainability.- Deciphering the Climate Split: Social Equity, Environmental
Justice, and Public Health Impact.- Emerging Trends and Future Research
Directions in Environmental Health.- Part II: Environmental Hazard, Disaster,
and Health Vulnerability.- Environmental Health in the Anthropocene:
Determinants and Challenges in Tropical Regions.- Meteorological Conditions
Associated with Dengue Outbreaks: A Comprehensive Review.- Environmental and
Social Determinants of Malaria.- An Assessment of the Vulnerability and
Sustainability of Livelihoods for Riparian Households in Flood and Bank
Erosion-Affected Villages of the Kaljani River Basin in Eastern
India.- Resilient Communities and Health Systems: Kerala's Lessons in
Tackling Health Vulnerabilities.- Climate Change and Public Health
Preparedness in Lower Middle-Income Countries.- Climate Adaptation and
Community Based Strategies for Health resilience.- Exploring Two-Dimensional
(2D) Layered Materials and Their Composites for Wastewater Treatment and
Photocatalytic Dye Degradation.- Water Contamination Risk during Flood and
Ensuring Safe Water for Health: A Case Study from Bangladesh,
2024.-Sustainable Strategies for Access and Utilization of Antenatal Care
Services in Flood-Prone Regions of India.- Sustainable Strategies for
Mitigating Indoor Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Health Risks among Ageing
Populations: A Case Study of Bankura District.- Vegetation Cover for
Sustainable Urban Planning: The Multifaceted Dimension.- Part III:
Environmental Pollution, Health Hazards and Sustainable Solutions.-
Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Fiji: A Sustainable Path
Forward.- Ecosystem-Based Sustainable Agriculture in the Current
Climate-Change Context of Bangladesh: Legislative and Institutional
Responses.- Role of Village Community Organizations, Effective
Watercourse-Management, and Impacts on Water and Food Security in
Pakistan.- Evaluating Women's Nutrition and Health Status in Chittur
Municipality, Kerala: A Pathway to Sustainable Public Health.- Introduction
to GIS, AI, and Machine Learning Applications in Environmental Health
Monitoring.- Revolutionizing Environmental Hazard Management with Remote
Sensing and GIS.-Role of Emerging Technologies in Promoting Sustainable
Environment and Public Health.
Dr. Avijit Roy is a State Aided College Teacher in the Department of Geography at Malda College in Malda, West Bengal, India. He teaches courses related to Population Geography, Gender Studies, Regional Planning, Urban Geography, Social and Cultural Geography. Dr. Roy completed his Ph. D. in Geography from University of Gour Banga. He conducts research in a range of settings across the globe. His current research interests lie in womens sexual & reproductive health, maternal morbidity & mortality, maternal & newborn health, geriatrics, healthcare services, child marriage, violence against women, public health, and spatial analysis.
Mr. Margubur Rahaman, a trained women's health researcher, specializes in family planning, reproductive health, maternal & child health, and other women's health rights. He holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai. His primary focus revolves around extending interventions to the most underprivileged and vulnerable populations while assessing national initiatives aimed at enhancing maternal and child health. Mr. Rahaman boasts a portfolio of over 20 publications renowned for their contribution to issues related to population, health, and development on an international scale. Additionally, Mr. Rahaman is an active member of several professional associations, including the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population in France and the Asian Population Association in Thailand.
Dr. Pradip Chouhan is a Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India. Earlier, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. His areas of research interest are fertility behaviour, public health, maternal health, and child health. He is actively engaged in teaching and research in Population Geography for nearly two decades and has published more than 50 research papers in Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journals, 3 edited books, and authored 1 book.
Dr. Farooq Ahmed is an Associate Professor at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist and public health researcher. He earned a doctorate and conducted ethnographic research on the complex interplay of political, economic, and cultural determinants of illness and maternal-child malnutrition in Pakistan. His interests include political economy, social justice, health-seeking behavior, and social determinants of public health and nutrition.
