ABSTRACT

SUMMARY: The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the multidisciplinary interrelationships between human health and the environment. Coordinated approaches are necessary for solving the major environmental and sustainability problems facing the developing as well as developed regions of the world. Specific emphasis was placed on globalization and sustainable growth, bioethics and poverty, organizational performance and sustainability, environmental management and individual progress, human and ecosystem health, and water resources and recycling.