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- 标题：Globalization and health: A case study of Punjab
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- 作者：Reetinder.Kaur.a ; .A..K..Sinha
- 期刊名称：Human Geographies : Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
- 印刷版ISSN：1843-6587
- 电子版ISSN：2067-2284
- 出版年度：2011
- 卷号：5
- 期号：1
- 页码：35-42
- 出版社：University of Bucharest
- 摘要：Globalization. is. an.extremely. complex. phenomenon.and. it. is.the. interactive.co©\evolution.of.multiple. technological,. cultural,. economic,. institutional,. social. and. environmental. trends. at. all.conceivable.spatio©\ temporal.scales.. The.commercialization.of.agriculture. in. Punjab. through.the. Green.Revolution. led.to. the.effects,. which.were. far©\reaching.and.irreversible..The. Green. Revolution. replaced.indigenous.agriculture.with. modern.agriculture. led.to.the.use.of. high.yielding.seed. varieties.leading. to.a. loss. of. indigenous. varieties. of. various. crops;. th e. contamination. of. soils. and. water. systems. from. th e.use. of. pesticides,. chemical. fertilizers,. modern. irrigation. systems. and. dependency. on. modern.machinery. and. technology.. The. data. is. collected. from. various. secondary. sources. and. arranged. into.three. sections..The. first. section.of.the.research.paper. deals. with. concepts. of. globalization.and. health..The. theoretical. framework. relating. globalization. and. health. is. the. content. of. second. section.. The.impact.of.globalization,. in.the.form.of.Green. Revolution.technologies.on. the.health.in. the.Indian.state.of. Punjab,. is. the. content. of. last. section.. The. research. paper. proposes. a. theoretical. model. for. health.impacts. of. globalization. in. Punjab.. The. proposed. model. indicates. that. the. globalization. led. to. three.kinds. of. changes. in. context. of. Punjab,. namely,. economic. changes,. socio©\cultural. changes. and.environmental. changes.. All. these. changes. had. profound. effects. on. health. such. that. the. people. of.Punjab. are. battling. health. problems. including. a. noticeable. rise. in. cancer. cases,. kidney. ailments,. pre©\mature.ageing.and.infertility
- 关键词：Environment;.Globalization;.Health..
