Their passionate argument for a better integration of these
worlds is timely, and as we will argue here, is indispensable
for addressing the challenges facing human and environmental
health of global environmental and climate change.
This paper and indeed the evolution of Ecological Public
Health as a concept have emerged from attempts to better
integrate environmental and health impact assessment for
which the publication of the book Health and Environmental
Impact Assessment e An Integrated Approach by the British
Medical Association2 laid the groundwork in the late 1990s.