Pests in the City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pests in the City write by Dawn Day Biehler. This book was released on 2013-11-01. Pests in the City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From tenements to alleyways to latrines, twentieth-century American cities created spaces where pests flourished and people struggled for healthy living conditions. In Pests in the City, Dawn Day Biehler argues that the urban ecologies that supported pests were shaped not only by the physical features of cities but also by social inequalities, housing policies, and ideas about domestic space. Community activists and social reformers strived to control pests in cities such as Washington, DC, Chicago, Baltimore, New York, and Milwaukee, but such efforts fell short when authorities blamed families and neighborhood culture for infestations rather than attacking racial segregation or urban disinvestment. Pest-control campaigns tended to target public or private spaces, but pests and pesticides moved readily across the porous boundaries between homes and neighborhoods. This story of flies, bedbugs, cockroaches, and rats reveals that such creatures thrived on lax code enforcement and the marginalization of the poor, immigrants, and people of color. As Biehler shows, urban pests have remained a persistent problem at the intersection of public health, politics, and environmental justice, even amid promises of modernity and sustainability in American cities. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9PFxLY7K4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw
Public Health Significance of Urban Pests
Public Health Significance of Urban Pests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Health Significance of Urban Pests write by Xavier Bonnefoy. This book was released on 2008. Public Health Significance of Urban Pests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century witnessed important changes in ecology, climate and human behaviour that favoured the development of urban pests. Most alarmingly, urban planners now face the dramatic expansion of urban sprawl, in which city suburbs are growing into the natural habitats of ticks, rodents and other pests. Also, many city managers now erroneously assume that pest-borne diseases are relics of the past. All these changes make timely a new analysis of the direct and indirect effects of present-day urban pests on health. Such an analysis should lead to the development of strategies to manage them and reduce the risk of exposure. To this end, WHO invited international experts in various fields - pests, pest-related diseases and pest management - to provide evidence on which to base policies. These experts identified the public health risk posed by various pests and appropriate measures to prevent and control them. This book presents their conclusions and formulates policy options for all levels of decision-making to manage pests and pest-related diseases in the future. [Ed.]
Urban Insects and Arachnids
Urban Insects and Arachnids - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Insects and Arachnids write by William H. Robinson. This book was released on 2005-04-14. Urban Insects and Arachnids available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This account provides the first comprehensive coverage of the insect and other arthropod pests in the urban environment worldwide. Presented is a brief description, biology, and detailed information on the development, habits, and distribution of urban and public health pests. There are 570 illustrations to accompany some of the major pest species. The format is designed to serve as a ready-reference and to provide basic information on orders, families, and species. The species coverage is international and based on distribution in domestic and peridomestic habitats. The references are extensive and international, and cover key papers on species and groups. The introductory chapters overview the urban ecosystem and its key ecological components, and a review of the pests status and modern control strategies. The book will serve as a professional training manual, and handbook for the pest control professionals, regulatory officials, and urban entomologists. It is organized alphabetically throughout.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests write by Susan C. Jones. This book was released on 2002. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Urban Pest Management
Urban Pest Management - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Pest Management write by Partho Dhang. This book was released on 2011. Urban Pest Management available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Urban pest management has recently faced dramatic change: advances in research and formulation technology now shape the products available and how they are applied. Bringing together ideas from both academic and private enterprises, this book covers methods of pest control, their impacts on human health and the environment, and strategies for integrated management that limits the use of harmful chemicals, providing a practical resource for researchers and policy makers in pest management, urban health, medical entomology and environmental science -- Publisher's description.
