Climate change and global health / edited by Professor Colin D. Butler, Faculty of Health, The University of Canberra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butler, Colin D., editor.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Health aspects.

Climatic changes.

Medical climatology.

World health.

Climate Change.

Medical Subjects:

Climate Change.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 303 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"There is increasing understanding, globally, that climate change will have profound and mostly harmful effects on human health. This authoritative book brings together international experts to describe both direct (such as heat waves) and indirect (such as vector-borne disease incidence) impacts of climate change, set in a broad, international, economic, political and environmental context. This unique book also expands on these issues to address a third category of potential longer-term impacts on global health: famine, population dislocation, and conflict. This lively yet scholarly resource explores these issues fully, linking them to health in urban and rural settings in developed and developing countries. The book finishes with a practical discussion of action that health professionals can yet take"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

PART I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The Anthropocene: A Planet Under Pressure

2. Climate Change and Global Health

PART II. PRIMARY EFFECTS. 3. Heat-related and Cold-related Mortality and Morbidity

4. Occupational Heat Effects: A Global Health and Economic Threat Due to Climate Change

5. Measuring and Estimating Occupational Heat Exposure and Effects in Relation to Climate Change: 'Hothaps' Tools For Impact Assessments and Prevention Approaches

6. Climate Extremes, Disasters and Health

PART III. SECONDARY EFFECTS. 7. Global Warming and Malaria in Tropical Highlands

8. Dengue: Distribution and Transmission Dynamics With Climate Change

9. Lyme Disease and Climate Change

10. Climate Change and Human Parasitic Disease

11. Impacts of Climate Change On Allergens and Allergic Diseases: Knowledge and Highlights From Two Decades of Research

12. Wildfires, Air Pollution, Climate Change and Health

PART IV. TERTIARY EFFECTS. 13. Famine, Hunger, Society and Climate Change

14. Moving to A Better Life? Climate, Migration and Population Health

15. Unholy Trinity: Climate Change, Conflict and Ill Health

PART V. REGIONAL ISSUES. 16. Climate Change and Health in East Asia: A Food in Health Security Perspective

17. Climate Change and Health in South Asian Countries

18. Climate Change and Global Health: A Latin American Perspective

19. Small Island States: Canaries in The Coal Mine of Climate Change and Health

20. Climate Change Adaptation to Infectious Diseases in Europe

21. Climate Change and Health in The Arctic

22. Climate Change and Health in Africa

23. Zoonotic Diseases and Their Drivers in Africa

PART VI. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES. 24. Climate Change, Food and Energy: Politics and Co-Benefits

25. Death of A Mwana: Biomass Fuels, Poverty, Gender and Climate Change

26. Mental Health, Cognition and The Challenge of Climate Change

27. Climate Change, Housing and Public Health

28. Health in New Socio-economic Pathways For Climate Change Research

PART VII. TRANSFORMATION. 29. Health Activism and The Challenge of Climate Change

30. Climate Change and Health: From Adaptation Towards A Solution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Climate change and global health.

ISBN:

9781780644578

1780644574

OCLC:

893737392

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.