Harold D Foster
Biographic Data
| ID | 4784218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harold D Foster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harold D |
| FAMILY NAME | Foster |
| SIGNATURE | FOSTER H D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Commentary
In an intellectually stimulating Geographical Review article on Iodine Factor in Health and Evolution Jerome Dobson argues that distinctive Neandertal skeletal traits are identical to those of modern who suffer from cretinism. He further proposes that new evidence, coupled with recent mitochondrial DNA findings, suggests that a single genetic alteration, which improved the ability of the thyroid gland to extract and utilize iodine, may account fo…
Advances in Resource Management
Disease as Disaster
Escalating health care costs, driven by the use of high technology to manage rather than cure chronic degenerative diseases in rapidly aging populations, are seriously straining Western economies. What are needed are strategies which seek to mitigate those high order events that ultimately cause disease. Prevention involves deliberately changing not only environments and lifestyles, but also the nature of health care and perhaps even human biolog…
Obituary/Notice Necrologique
Disaster Planning
As losses from man-made and natural disasters have increased, so too has the demand for greater safety. In the last twenty years, this growing public pressure has been associated with fundamental changes in the nature of hazard-related research. A more broadly based interdisciplinary approach has developed which is seeking to minimize disaster losses. Rather than focusing in great detail on the nature of the hazards themselves, emphasis has been …
Water
Disaster Planning
Geomorphology and Water Resource Management
Geomorphology
Geomorphology
Geomorphology and Water Resource Management
Disaster Planning
Water
Disaster Planning
As losses from man-made and natural disasters have increased, so too has the demand for greater safety. In the last twenty years, this growing public pressure has been associated with fundamental changes in the nature of hazard-related research. A more broadly based interdisciplinary approach has developed which is seeking to minimize disaster losses. Rather than focusing in great detail on the nature of the hazards themselves, emphasis has been …
Obituary/Notice Necrologique
Disease as Disaster
Escalating health care costs, driven by the use of high technology to manage rather than cure chronic degenerative diseases in rapidly aging populations, are seriously straining Western economies. What are needed are strategies which seek to mitigate those high order events that ultimately cause disease. Prevention involves deliberately changing not only environments and lifestyles, but also the nature of health care and perhaps even human biolog…
Advances in Resource Management
Commentary
In an intellectually stimulating Geographical Review article on Iodine Factor in Health and Evolution Jerome Dobson argues that distinctive Neandertal skeletal traits are identical to those of modern who suffer from cretinism. He further proposes that new evidence, coupled with recent mitochondrial DNA findings, suggests that a single genetic alteration, which improved the ability of the thyroid gland to extract and utilize iodine, may account fo…
Geography (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Cartography (3 works) · Citation (3 works) · Geographer (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works)