Climate Change and Health
Improving Resilience and Reducing Risks
Editors: Leal Filho, Walter, Azeiteiro, Ulisses M., Alves, Fatima (Eds.)
Free Preview- Analyzes the effects of climate change on health
- Presents a combination of case studies and examples from projects on the ground
- Demonstrates concrete activities and strategies for mitigate, adapt and prevent the impacts of climate change on health
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- About this book
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A major objective of this volume is to create and share knowledge about the socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of climate change. The authors analyze the effects of climate change on the social and environmental determinants of the health and well-being of communities (i.e. poverty, clean air, safe drinking water, food supplies) and on extreme events such as floods and hurricanes. The book covers topics such as the social and political dimensions of the ebola response, inequalities in urban migrant communities, as well as water-related health effects of climate change. The contributors recommend political and social-cultural strategies for mitigate, adapt and prevent the impacts of climate change to human and environmental health. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners interested in new methods and tools to reduce risks and to increase health resilience to climate change.
- About the authors
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Walter Leal Filho is a professor at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, where he leads a set of international projects on matters related to sustainable development and climate change.
Fátima Alves, Phd in Sociology of Health, is Professor at Social Sciences an Management Department, Universidade Aberta and senior Researcher at CEMRI, UAb and at CEF, Coimbra University. Coordinates the extension of the Centre for Functional Ecology of Coimbra University.
Ulisses M Azeiteiro is a Professor at the Universidade Aberta and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology of Coimbra University where he is the Coordinator of the Group History of Science, Scientific Communication and Dissemination . In the area of Sustainability he is member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and he published several books in Sustainability Science.
- Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Climate Change and Health: An Overview of the Issues and Needs
Pages 1-11
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Extreme Weather Events: Addressing the Mental Health Challenges
Pages 15-27
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Mental Well-Being and the Eco-State: A Classification of Regions and Countries of the European Union
Pages 29-48
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The Bioclimatic (Dis)comfort and Summer Thermal Paroxysms in Continental Portugal: Intensity, Frequency and Spatial Contrasts
Pages 49-71
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Effects of Temperature Variation on the Human Cardiovascular System: A Systematic Review
Pages 73-87
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Climate Change and Health
- Book Subtitle
- Improving Resilience and Reducing Risks
- Editors
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- Walter Leal Filho
- Ulisses M. Azeiteiro
- Fatima Alves
- Series Title
- Climate Change Management
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-24660-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-24660-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-24658-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79654-3
- Series ISSN
- 1610-2010
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 532
- Number of Illustrations
- 19 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
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