Water and Health in an Overcrowded World

Abstract

1. Living in the human zoo 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The modern human environment 1.3 A very short history of human evolution 1.4 Costs and benefits of life in developed countries 1.5 Diet, obesity and the risk to health 1.6 Psychological problems in the human zoo 2. Measuring the world's health 2.1 Epidemiology 2.2 Counting deaths 2.3 Estimating the burden of ill health 3. Water and human health 3.1 Water as a global resource 3.2 The global water cycle 3.3 The distribution of water and its use by people 3.4 Water-borne infectious diseases 3.5 Water chemistry and life 3.6 Chemical pollution of water 3.7 Postscript to this book