PUBH 1103
Env. Issues in Public Health
Exclusion(s): Unavailable to students with credit for PUBH122. This course is not available for transfer credit from elsewhere. This broad survey course outlines the importance of undertaking the study of human health in relationship to the environment and development and environmental changes. Issues in Public Health, ranging from local to global, are discussed. Topics impacting public health include; climate change, global warming, biodiversity loss, erosion, land degradation, deforestation and desertification. Topics required by CIPHI in the Canandian context include zoning and land use planning issues. Domestic and international examples of green infrastructure, ecological design, urban forest planning and other topics in relation of public health are studied.