Climate change, human health, and unsustainable development
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Climate change, human health, and unsustainable development.
The term sustainable development has been misunderstood and misinterpreted, often parodied, and even derided. Today we face the consequences of our wilful dismissal. Climate change is upon us. Had we taken sustainable development more seriously, we might have done far more to create a healthy society and environment. But unbridled economic development, predicated on unfettered use of resources,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health Policy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0197-5897,1745-655X
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.12