Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations

Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations

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Malaria represents a leading illness and cause of death throughout areas of the Global South. Since malaria is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, environmental conditions are paramount in understanding malaria vulnerabilities. A burgeoning area of research connects anthropogeni...

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Main Author: Kelly Austin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The White Horse Press 2019-06-01
Series:The Journal of Population and Sustainability
Subjects:
malaria
deforestation
land-use change
rural migration
population growth
Online Access:https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/635
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spelling doaj-65a66324a7e049b483699b7f75c3075f2021-09-01T06:35:31ZengThe White Horse PressThe Journal of Population and Sustainability2398-54882398-54962019-06-013210.3197/jps.2019.3.2.13Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nationsKelly Austin0Lehigh University Malaria represents a leading illness and cause of death throughout areas of the Global South. Since malaria is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, environmental conditions are paramount in understanding malaria vulnerabilities. A burgeoning area of research connects anthropogenic deforestation and subsequent land-use changes to the expansion of mosquito habitats and malaria outbreaks. This paper explores those literatures, and also examines the drivers of deforestation in the Global South to demonstrate how population pressures, agricultural production, and rural migration patterns underlie motivations for deforestation and land transformation in poorer countries. https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/635malariadeforestationland-use changerural migrationpopulation growth
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Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
The Journal of Population and Sustainability
malaria
deforestation
land-use change
rural migration
population growth
author_facet Kelly Austin
author_sort Kelly Austin
title Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
title_short Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
title_full Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
title_fullStr Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
title_full_unstemmed Felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
title_sort felling trees, furthering malaria: links between deforestation and disease in developing nations
publisher The White Horse Press
series The Journal of Population and Sustainability
issn 2398-5488
2398-5496
publishDate 2019-06-01
description Malaria represents a leading illness and cause of death throughout areas of the Global South. Since malaria is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito, environmental conditions are paramount in understanding malaria vulnerabilities. A burgeoning area of research connects anthropogenic deforestation and subsequent land-use changes to the expansion of mosquito habitats and malaria outbreaks. This paper explores those literatures, and also examines the drivers of deforestation in the Global South to demonstrate how population pressures, agricultural production, and rural migration patterns underlie motivations for deforestation and land transformation in poorer countries.
topic malaria
deforestation
land-use change
rural migration
population growth
url https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/635
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