4.2 Forecasting Changes in Land Use and Land Cover.............. 74 (2008)
Coordinating Lead, Peter Kareiva, Jacqueline Alder, Elena Bennett, Colin Butler, ...
Inter-annual rainfall variations and suicide in New South Wales, Australia, 1964-2001 (2006)
Nichols, Neville, Butler, Colin, Hanigan, Ivan
The suicide rate in New South Wales is shown to be related to annual precipitation, supporting a widespread and long-held assumption that drought in Australia increases the likelihood of suicide. The...
Linking future ecosystem services and future human well-being (2006)
Butler, Colin, Olouch-Kosura, Willis
Ecosystem services are necessary, yet not sufficient for human well-being (however defined). Insufficient access to the ecosystem provisioning service of food is a particularly important factor in...
Butler, Colin, McMichael, Anthony
Edited by two leading public health physicians with chapters written by 48 experts in various aspects of social injustice, this book addresses social injustice and its relationship to public health....
Action on climate change : the health risks of procrastinating (2006)
Woodruff, Rosalie E., McMichael, Tony, Butler, Colin, Hales, Simon
Objective: The world's climate will continue to change because of human influence. This is expected to affect health, mostly adversely. We need to compare the projected health effects in Australia...
Emerging health issues: the widening challenge for population health promotion (2006)
McMichael, Anthony, Butler, Colin
The spectrum of tasks for health promotion has widened since the Ottawa Charter was signed. In 1986, infectious diseases still seemed in retreat, the potential extent of HIV/AIDS was unrecognized,...
Human carrying capacity and human health (2006)
The silence around overpopulation prevents the global health community from making the necessary link between the planner's limited ability to support its people and health and development crises....
Climate change and human health: what can GPs do? (2006)
Blashki, Grant, Butler, Colin, Brown, Sue
In recent months articles in the most respected peer reviewed medical journals in Australia, the USA and Britain have called for urgent action to reduce climate change.1–4 The chief scientist...
Butler, Colin, McMichael, Anthony
Edited by two leading public health physicians with chapters written by 48 experts in various aspects of social injustice, this book addresses social injustice and its relationship to public health....
Human carrying capacity and human health (2006)
The silence around overpopulation prevents the global health community from making the necessary link between the planner's limited ability to support its people and health and development crises....
Linking future ecosystem services and future human well-being (2006)
Butler, Colin, Olouch-Kosura, Willis
Ecosystem services are necessary, yet not sufficient for human well-being (however defined). Insufficient access to the ecosystem provisioning service of food is a particularly important factor in...
Emerging health issues: the widening challenge for population health promotion (2006)
McMichael, Anthony, Butler, Colin
The spectrum of tasks for health promotion has widened since the Ottawa Charter was signed. In 1986, infectious diseases still seemed in retreat, the potential extent of HIV/AIDS was unrecognized,...
Climate change and human health: what can GPs do? (2006)
Blashki, Grant, Butler, Colin, Brown, Sue
In recent months articles in the most respected peer reviewed medical journals in Australia, the USA and Britain have called for urgent action to reduce climate change.1–4 The chief scientist...
Action on climate change : the health risks of procrastinating (2006)
Woodruff, Rosalie E., McMichael, Tony, Butler, Colin, Hales, Simon
Objective: The world's climate will continue to change because of human influence. This is expected to affect health, mostly adversely. We need to compare the projected health effects in Australia...
Inter-annual rainfall variations and suicide in New South Wales, Australia, 1964-2001 (2006)
Nichols, Neville, Butler, Colin, Hanigan, Ivan
The suicide rate in New South Wales is shown to be related to annual precipitation, supporting a widespread and long-held assumption that drought in Australia increases the likelihood of suicide. The...
State of art in describing future changes in ecosystem services (2005)
Agard, J., Alder, J., Bennett, E., Butler, Colin, Carpenter, S., Cheung, W., ...
Consequences and options for human health (2005)
Corvalan, Carlos, Hales, Simon, Woodward, Alistaire, Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Ebi, Kristie, De Avila Pires, Fernando, ...
Cork, Steven, Peterson, Garry, Petschel-Held, Gerhard, Alcamo, Joseph, Alder, Jacqueline, Bennett, Elena, ...
State of art in describing future changes in ecosystem services (2005)
Agard, J., Alder, J., Bennett, E., Butler, Colin, Carpenter, S., Cheung, W., ...
Consequences and options for human health (2005)
Corvalan, Carlos, Hales, Simon, Woodward, Alistaire, Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Ebi, Kristie, De Avila Pires, Fernando, ...
Cork, Steven, Peterson, Garry, Petschel-Held, Gerhard, Alcamo, Joseph, Alder, Jacqueline, Bennett, Elena, ...
Human well-being across scenarios (2005)
Butler, Colin, Oluoch-Kosura, Willis, Corvalan, Carlos, Fobil, Julius, Koren, Hillel, Pingali, Prabhu, ...
Collignon, Peter, Braam, Peter, Butler, Colin
Some persons argue that the routine addition of antibiotics to animal feed will help alleviate protein undernutrition in developing countries by increasing meat production. In contrast, we estimate...
Health aspects of the millennium ecosystem assessment (2005)
Hales, Simon, Butler, Colin, Woodward, Alistair, Corvalan, Carlos
Human health, well-being and global ecological scenarios (2005)
Butler, Colin, Corvalan, Carlos F., Koren, Hillel S.
This article categorizes four kinds of adverse effects to human health caused by ecosystem change: direct, mediated, modulated, and systems failure. The effects are categorized on their scale,...
Listening : co-ordinating ideas on sustainability and health (2005)
Grootjans, John, Townsend, Mardie, Butler, Colin, Heyworth, Jane
Ecosystems and human well-being : health synthesis (2005)
Corvalan, Carlos, Hales, Simon, McMichael, Anthony, Butler, Colin, Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Confalonieri, Ulisses, ...
This report synthesizes the findings from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's (MA) global and sub-global assessments of how ecosystem changes do, or could, affect human health and well-being. Main...
Human well-being across scenarios (2005)
Butler, Colin, Oluoch-Kosura, Willis, Corvalan, Carlos, Fobil, Julius, Koren, Hillel, Pingali, Prabhu, ...
Human health, well-being and global ecological scenarios (2005)
Butler, Colin, Corvalan, Carlos F., Koren, Hillel S.
This article categorizes four kinds of adverse effects to human health caused by ecosystem change: direct, mediated, modulated, and systems failure. The effects are categorized on their scale,...
State of art in describing future changes in ecosystem services (2005)
Agard, J., Alder, J., Bennett, E., Butler, Colin, Carpenter, S., Cheung, W., ...
Consequences and options for human health (2005)
Corvalan, Carlos, Hales, Simon, Woodward, Alistaire, Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Ebi, Kristie, De Avila Pires, Fernando, ...
Cork, Steven, Peterson, Garry, Petschel-Held, Gerhard, Alcamo, Joseph, Alder, Jacqueline, Bennett, Elena, ...
Collignon, Peter, Braam, Peter, Butler, Colin
Some persons argue that the routine addition of antibiotics to animal feed will help alleviate protein undernutrition in developing countries by increasing meat production. In contrast, we estimate...
Health aspects of the millennium ecosystem assessment (2005)
Hales, Simon, Butler, Colin, Woodward, Alistair, Corvalan, Carlos
Ecosystems and human well-being : health synthesis (2005)
Corvalan, Carlos, Hales, Simon, McMichael, Anthony, Butler, Colin, Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Confalonieri, Ulisses, ...
This report synthesizes the findings from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's (MA) global and sub-global assessments of how ecosystem changes do, or could, affect human health and well-being. Main...
Listening : co-ordinating ideas on sustainability and health (2005)
Grootjans, John, Townsend, Mardie, Butler, Colin, Heyworth, Jane
Patz, Jonathan A., Daszak, Peter, Tabor, Gary M., Aguirre, Alonso A., Pearl, Mary, Epstein, Jon, ...
Anthropogenic land use changes drive a range of infectious disease outbreaks and emergence events and modify the transmission of endemic infections. These drivers include agricultural encroachment,...
Human carrying capacity and human health (2004)
The issue of human overpopulation has fallen out of favor among most contemporary demographers, economists, and epidemiologists. Discussing population control has become a taboo topic. Yet, this...
Human carrying capacity and human health (2004)
The issue of human overpopulation has fallen out of favor among most contemporary demographers, economists, and epidemiologists. Discussing population control has become a taboo topic. Yet, this...
Patz, Jonathan A., Daszak, Peter, Tabor, Gary M., Aguirre, Alonso A., Pearl, Mary, Epstein, Jon, ...
Anthropogenic land use changes drive a range of infectious disease outbreaks and emergence events and modify the transmission of endemic infections. These drivers include agricultural encroachment,...
Ecosystems and human well-being (2003)
Butler, Colin, Chambers, Robert, Chopra, Kanchan, Dasgupta, Partha, Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar, Kumar, Pushpam, ...
■ Human well-being has several key components: the basic material needs for a good life, freedom and choice, health, good social relations, and personal security. Well-being exists on a continuum...
Environment always matters (2003)
Superficially, the high human populations of prosperous, well-fed city-states such as Singapore and Hong Kong might appear to support the view that high concentrations of human dynamism and...
Ecosystems and human well-being (2003)
Butler, Colin, Chambers, Robert, Chopra, Kanchan, Dasgupta, Partha, Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar, Kumar, Pushpam, ...
■ Human well-being has several key components: the basic material needs for a good life, freedom and choice, health, good social relations, and personal security. Well-being exists on a continuum...
The environment always matters (2003)
Superficially, the high human populations of prosperous, well-fed city-states such as Singapore and Hong Kong might appear to support the view that high concentrations of human dynamism and...
New visions for addressing sustainability (2003)
McMichael, A. J., Butler, Colin, Folke, Carl
Attaining sustainability will require concerted interactive efforts among disciplines, many of which have not yet recognized, and internalized, the relevance of environmental issues to their main...
Global change and health - the good, the bad, and the evidence (2002)
Lee, Kelly, McMichael, Tony, Butler, Colin, Ahern, Mike, Bradley, David
Debates over the merits and demerits of globalisation for health are increasingly polarised. Conclusions range from globalisation being essentially positive for health, albeit with a need to smooth...
Global change and health - the good, the bad, and the evidence (2002)
Lee, Kelly, McMichael, Tony, Butler, Colin, Ahern, Mike, Bradley, David
Debates over the merits and demerits of globalisation for health are increasingly polarised. Conclusions range from globalisation being essentially positive for health, albeit with a need to smooth...
Globalisation and health : Informed and open debate on globalisation and health is needed
Lee, Kelley, Bradley, David, Ahern, Mike, McMichael, Tony, Butler, Colin