Wetlands, livelihoods and human health

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.creator.identifierMatthew McCartney: 0000-0001-6342-2815
cg.creator.identifierLisa-Maria Rebelo: 0000-0002-8785-7810
cg.identifier.wlethemeManaging Resource Variability and Competing Use
dc.contributor.authorMcCartney, Matthew P.en
dc.contributor.authorRebelo, Lisa-Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorSenaratna Sellamuttu, Sonalien
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-26T05:52:00Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-26T05:52:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/71183
dc.titleWetlands, livelihoods and human healthen
dcterms.abstractIn developing countries millions of people live a life of subsistence agriculture, mired in poverty, with limited access to basic human needs, such as food and water. Under such circumstances wetlands, through the provision of a range of direct and indirect ecosystem services, play a vital role in supporting and sustaining peoples’ livelihoods and hence, their health. This chapter discusses the role of wetlands in the context of the sustainable livelihoods framework in which wetlands are viewed as an asset for the rural poor in the form of “natural capital”. The framework is used to illustrate how ecosystem services, livelihoods and health are entwined and how the ecosystem services provided by wetlands can be converted to human health either directly or via other livelihood assets. It highlights the contributions that wetlands make to basic human needs and, either directly or through transformations to other forms of livelihood capital, the support they provide to livelihoods and overall well-being.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMcCartney, Matthew P.; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali. 2015. Wetlands, livelihoods and human health. In Finlayson, C. M.; Horwitz, P.; Weinstein, P. (Eds.). Wetlands and human health. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.123-148.en
dcterms.extentp. 123-148en
dcterms.issued2015
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectwetlandsen
dcterms.subjectliving standardsen
dcterms.subjectpublic healthen
dcterms.subjectdrugsen
dcterms.subjectecosystem servicesen
dcterms.subjectrural communitiesen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen
dcterms.subjectnatural disastersen
dcterms.subjectrisk reductionen
dcterms.subjectfloodplainsen
dcterms.subjectproduction possibilitiesen
dcterms.subjectfinancingen
dcterms.subjectsocial participationen
dcterms.subjectwater supplyen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectinstitutionsen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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