About the Book: Population Environment and Health
The world is facing enormous environmental challenges and climate change is
looming large over the humanity. The rapid environmental degradation is likely
to exacerbate the existing gaps between different groups like rich and poor,
between rural and urban areas and also between slum and non-slum areas in the
city. Access to basic amenities like safe drinking water, toilet facility,
sewers and sanitation leading the clean household environment are very critical
components that are likely to mediate between environmental degradation, climate
change and health status of the people, its impact would he varied, and
mitigation of the adverse impacts would depend