This connotes three environmental media of air, water, and land. For example, air quality can have an impact on land use and land health; poor air quality can hinder the growth and survival of plants, animals, and humans that live on (and in) the land in urban areas. In fact, some urban regions have employed land-use restrictions as a way to control air quality.
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Integrating Ecosystem Management and Environmental Media for Public Policy on Public Health and Safety
Copyright: © 2018
|Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3194-4.ch017
Abstract
Over the past three decades, the relationship between ecology and public policy has changed because of the increasing role of scientific uncertainty in environmental policy making. While earlier policy questions might have been solved simply by looking at the scientific technicalities of the issues, the increased role of scientific uncertainty in environmental policy making requires that we re-examine the methods used in decision-making. Previously, policymakers use scientific data to support their decision-making disciplinary boundaries are less useful because uncertain environmental policy problems span the natural sciences, engineering, economics, politics, and ethics. The chapter serves as a bridge integrating environmental ecosystem, media, and justice into policy for public health and safety. The chapter attempts to demonstrate the linkage between the environmental policy from a holistic perspective with the interaction of air, water, land, and human on public health and safety.