Wetlands, livelihoods and human health

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dc.creatorMcCartney, Matthew P.
dc.creatorRebelo, Lisa-Maria
dc.creatorSenaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
dc.date2015
dc.date2016-02-26T05:52:00Z
dc.date2016-02-26T05:52:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:25:40Z
dc.descriptionIn 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.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/71183
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/155509
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceMcCartney, 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.
dc.subjectwetlands
dc.subjectliving standards
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectdrugs
dc.subjectecosystem services
dc.subjectrural communities
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectnatural resources
dc.subjectnatural disasters
dc.subjectrisk reduction
dc.subjectfloodplains
dc.subjectproduction possibilities
dc.subjectfinancing
dc.subjectsocial participation
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.titleWetlands, livelihoods and human health
dc.typeBook Chapter

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