Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Boxes, Figures and Tables

Prologue: The way in

Chapter 1 Living: Public health and the future of life on the planet

Health and sustainability

Defining sustainable development

New ideas for public health

Integrative decision-making

Sustainability in public health practice

Chapter 2 Listening: Coordinating ideas on sustainability and health

Sustainability and health

Sustainability and science

Sustainability and economics

Sustainability and environmentalism

Chapter 3 Grounding: Coordinating contexts for sustainability and health

Frameworks and tools

Strategic frameworks

Health-based frameworks

Environmental frameworks

Holistic frameworks

Chapter 4 Knowing: Linking the knowledge cultures of sustainability and health

Evidence-based public health

Multiple knowledges

Strategies for synthesis

Too

About the Author

Valerie A. Brown AO, is one of the leading international experts on the links between environment and health. She is Director of the Local Sustainability Project at the Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Western Sydney. John Grootjans lectures in public, community and indigenous health at Charles Sturt University after establishing a graduate program on Sustainable Development, at Griffith University. Jan Ritchie is Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales and Regional Director (South Western Pacific) of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education. . Mardie Townsend is a senior lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University with a research interest in environmental amenity and health. Glenda Verrinder lectures on environmental and public health in the School of Health and Environment at La Trobe University, Bendigo C