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Landsystemgovernanceshapestick-relatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks.pdf
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Asaaga, F.A 
Purse, B.V
- Abstract
- Land cover and land use have established effects on hazard and exposure tovector-borne diseases. While our understanding of the proximate and dis-tant causes and consequences of land use decisions has evolved, the focuson the proximate effects of landscape on disease ecology remains domi-nant. We argue that land use governance, viewed through a land systemlens, affects tick-borne disease risk. Governance affects land use trajectoriesand potentially shapes landscapes favourable to ticks or increases contactwith ticks by structuring human-land interactions. We illustrate the role ofland use legacies, trade-offs in land-use decisions, and social inequities inaccess to land resources, information and decision-making, with threecases: Kyasanur Forest disease in India, Lyme disease in the OuterHebrides (Scotland), and tick acaricide resistance in cattle in Ecuador. Landuse governance is key to managing the risk of tick-borne diseases, byaffecting the hazard and exposure. We propose that land use governanceshould consider unintended consequences on infectious disease risk.
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