Global Climate Change and Human Health
From Science to Practice
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ISBN
9781119667957
Bindwijze
Paperback
Taal
Engels
Auteur
Uitgeverij
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Jaar van uitgifte
2021
Aantal pagina's
672
Waar gaat het over?
An insightful and comprehensive text combining the health consequences of climate change with mitigation and adaptation strategies Now in its second edition, Global Climate Change and Human Health delivers an accessible and complete treatment of the impact of the world’s changing climate on human health and disease. In their discussions of this crucial and timely topic, the distinguished authors discuss topics like heat stress, dyspnea resulting from degraded air quality, fevers from vector-borne diseases, mental health stressors, and the critical issue of climate justice and disproportionate impacts upon the most vulnerable citizens and communities. New sections in the Second Edition include the economic impacts of human conflict and migration caused by climate change and the resilience of global health care systems. Among other important topics, Global Climate Change and Human Health, Second Edition explores:
- The intersection of COVID-19 and Climate Change
- Extreme weather events, including the role of public health in disaster risk reduction, and the effect of changing meteorological conditions on human health
- How changes in hydrology impact waterborne disease and the effects of climate change on water quality and waterborne pathogens
- Adaptation to, and the mitigation and governance of, climate change, including global perspectives on climate change, and the influence of international institutions and global governance on climate policy
- The effect of extreme weather events on public health and the effects of changing meteorological conditions on human health
- How changes in hydrology impact the spread of waterborne disease and noninfectious waterborne threats
- Adaptation to, and the mitigation and governance of, climate change, including international perspectives on climate change adaptation
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