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The Environment-Health-Place Nexus

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2019) | Viewed by 19892

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Dr. Susan Elliott

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University of Waterloo, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, Canada
Interests: health and the built environment; health and the socially constructed environment; health and the physical environment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

What role does place play in the relationship between environment and (public) health? Is it passive (a foundation? A backdrop?) or is it active (a moderator? A mediator? A determinant?).  The papers in this Special Issue will explore these relationships across a range of places (North America, Europe, Central and East Asia, and Sub Saharan Africa), a range of spatial scales (global, national, regional, and local), and a range of environmental exposures (physical environment, built environment, and social/cultural/political environments), in order to provide place with pride of place. 

Dr. Susan Elliott
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Environmental Health Geography
  • Built Environment
  • Physical Environment
  • Socially Constructed Environment

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Mapping the Solastalgia Literature: A Scoping Review Study
by Lindsay P. Galway, Thomas Beery, Kelsey Jones-Casey and Kirsti Tasala
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(15), 2662; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152662 - 25 Jul 2019
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Solastalgia is a relatively new concept for understanding the links between human and ecosystem health, specifically, the cumulative impacts of climatic and environmental change on mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Given the speed and scale of climate change alongside biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, [...] Read more.
Solastalgia is a relatively new concept for understanding the links between human and ecosystem health, specifically, the cumulative impacts of climatic and environmental change on mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Given the speed and scale of climate change alongside biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, unbridled resource extraction, and other environmental challenges, more and more people will experience solastalgia. This study reviewed 15 years of scholarly literature on solastalgia using a scoping review process. Our goal was to advance conceptual clarity, synthesize the literature, and identify priorities for future research. Four specific questions guided the review process: (1) How is solastalgia conceptualized and applied in the literature?; (2) How is solastalgia experienced and measured in the literature?; (3) How is ‘place’ understood in the solastalgia literature?; and (4) Does the current body of literature on solastalgia engage with Indigenous worldviews and experiences? Overall, we find there is a need for additional research employing diverse methodologies, across a greater diversity of people and places, and conducted in collaboration with affected populations and potential knowledge, alongside greater attention to the practical implications and applications of solastalgia research. We also call for continued efforts to advance conceptual clarity and theoretical foundations. Key outcomes of this study include our use of the landscape construct in relation to solastalgia and a call to better understand Indigenous peoples’ lived experiences of landscape transformation and degradation in the context of historical traumas. Full article
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Understanding an Environmental Health Risk: Investigating Asthma Risk Perception in Ontario Youth Sport
by Francesca S. Cardwell and Susan J. Elliott
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(11), 2033; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112033 - 7 Jun 2019
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The environment, broadly defined, plays a significant role in shaping human health. Understanding how environmental health risks are perceived by different people, in different places, and at different times is critical to their management. Using a place-based conceptual framework, this research investigates asthma [...] Read more.
The environment, broadly defined, plays a significant role in shaping human health. Understanding how environmental health risks are perceived by different people, in different places, and at different times is critical to their management. Using a place-based conceptual framework, this research investigates asthma risk perception determinants and outcomes amongst organized team sport stakeholders in Ontario. Two online surveys (coaches, n = 94; parents of athletes diagnosed with allergic disease, n = 90) were conducted. Binary regression was used to investigate determinants of risk perception. Asthma ranked seventh of 17 health hazards by coaches (23% ranked as high) and parents (34%), and determinants of risk included trigger knowledge, risk exposure, propensity for risk, indicators of trust, and socioeconomic variables (e.g., gender). As policy-makers look to manage health risks in sport, considering the risk profiles of different stakeholders (e.g., coaches, parents of vulnerable athletes), as well as the characteristics of the places in which risk is experienced, is critical to improving environment and health management in organized youth team sports. Full article
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