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Author:   Michael Hendryx
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:  

9783031625114

ISBN 10:   3031625110
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   16 July 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Fossil Fuel Dependence and the Need for Change in Rural Communities.- 1. Introduction to Sustainability and Rural Public Health.- 2. The Energy Transition: Where We Came From, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going.- 3. How Energy Production and Public Health Are Connected.- Part II. Case Studies.- 4. Reimagining Broken Landscapes as Part of the Transition in the Hunter Valley, NSW.- 5. The Elk Valley, Canada.- 6. Mining and Regeneration, Central Appalachia, USA.- 7. Coal Transitions in Europe.- 8. Shale Gas Extraction in Pennsylvania.- 9. Themes and Lessons Learned.- Part III. The Path Forward: Priorities for Sustainable Change.- 10. Adolescents in Vulnerable Appalachian Communities.- 11. Improving Public Health Outcomes Through the Development of Networks of Regenerative Rural Villages.- 12. The Role of Adult Education and Building Community Capabilities in Rural Development.- 13. Cultivating Sustainable Development Through Food Systems-Based Initiatives in Central Appalachia.- 14. Bottom-Up Community Development in Central Appalachia.- 15. The Path Forward.- .

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Michael Hendryx, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. He was previously a professor in public health at West Virginia University and has published extensively on the public health effects related to surface coal mining, especially mountaintop removal mining, in Appalachia. He was a previous TEDMED speaker and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. His primary interest now is in moving beyond the documentation of environmental, economic, and health problems related to fossil fuel extraction, toward identification and implementation of solutions to enable communities formerly dependent on fossil fuel economies to transition to healthier and environmentally sustainable futures.

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