Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions
Editat de Kristie L Ebi, Joel B Smith, Ian Burtonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 iul 2005
Touching on broader aspects of integrated assessment and environmental studies as well as climatic alterations and public health, this book is an essential resource for those involved in these fields at all levels.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789058096869
ISBN-10: 9058096866
Pagini: 318
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
ISBN-10: 9058096866
Pagini: 318
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Public țintă
Postgraduate and ProfessionalCuprins
Contents
- Adaptation to climate variability and change from a public health perspective.
- Approaching adaptation: parallels and contrasts between the climate and health communities
- The global resurgence of vector-borne diseases: lessons learned from successful and failed adaptation
- Ecology, climate and campylobacteriosis in New Zealand
- A case study of unintended consequences: arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh
- Epidemic early warning systems: Ross River virus disease in Australia
- The history of malaria control in Africa: lessons learned and future perspectives
- Heat waves: past and future impacts on health
- Extreme weather and climate events – implications for public health
- Disease surveillance in the context of climate stressors: needs and opportunities
- Stratospheric ozone depletion: successful responses to a global environmental insult
- The adoption of adaptation measures
- International public health policy case study
- Grounds for convergence
- Lessons learned and insights for adaptation policy
Descriere
By exploring cases in public health and prior lessons learned, this valuable title for those involved in health aspects of climate variation, identifies the key adjustments necessary for public health systems to effectively adapt to climatic change.