In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities

We live in a rapidly urbanizing world. Today, more than half of the human race lives in cities, and this number is set to continue increasing, as people migrate to urban areas in search of higher standards of living. Through pollination, seed dispersal, buffering against the invasion of exotic wildl...

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Autores principales: Hassell, J., Begon, M., Ward, M., Fèvre, Eric M.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109981
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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description We live in a rapidly urbanizing world. Today, more than half of the human race lives in cities, and this number is set to continue increasing, as people migrate to urban areas in search of higher standards of living. Through pollination, seed dispersal, buffering against the invasion of exotic wildlife species, and improving human quality of life, the presence of wildlife can improve the health and livelihoods of people living in urban environments, bringing diversity to what risks becoming an anthropogenic monoculture. Livestock are also increasingly kept in urban environments—particularly in lower-middle income countries—as a result of growing demand for animal-sourced food products and as subsistence for the urban poor. However, careful planning is required to ensure that urbanization does not promote the transmission of diseases between wildlife, livestock, and people.
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spelling CGSpace1099812024-11-18T08:14:13Z In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities Hassell, J. Begon, M. Ward, M. Fèvre, Eric M. zoonoses livestock wildlife animal diseases health epidemiology We live in a rapidly urbanizing world. Today, more than half of the human race lives in cities, and this number is set to continue increasing, as people migrate to urban areas in search of higher standards of living. Through pollination, seed dispersal, buffering against the invasion of exotic wildlife species, and improving human quality of life, the presence of wildlife can improve the health and livelihoods of people living in urban environments, bringing diversity to what risks becoming an anthropogenic monoculture. Livestock are also increasingly kept in urban environments—particularly in lower-middle income countries—as a result of growing demand for animal-sourced food products and as subsistence for the urban poor. However, careful planning is required to ensure that urbanization does not promote the transmission of diseases between wildlife, livestock, and people. 2020-10-15 2020-10-26T13:20:36Z 2020-10-26T13:20:36Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109981 en Open Access Stanford University Press Hassell, J., Begon, M., Ward, M. and Fèvre, E. 2020. In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities. IN: Tsing, A.L., Deger, J., Saxena, A.K. and Zhou, F. (eds), Feral Atlas: The More-Than-Human Anthropocene. Redwood City, California: Stanford University Press.
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livestock
wildlife
animal diseases
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epidemiology
Hassell, J.
Begon, M.
Ward, M.
Fèvre, Eric M.
In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
title In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
title_full In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
title_fullStr In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
title_full_unstemmed In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
title_short In urban environmental interfaces, humans, domestic animals, and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
title_sort in urban environmental interfaces humans domestic animals and wildlife interact creating disease emergence opportunities
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livestock
wildlife
animal diseases
health
epidemiology
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