Healthcare infrastructure, resilience and climate change : preparing for extreme weather events / Virendra K Paul, Abhijit Rastogi, Chaitali Basu, Sumedha Dua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Virenda Kumar, author.

Rastogi, Abhijit, author.

Basu, Chaitali, author.

Dua, Sumedha, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health facilities--Design and construction.

Health facilities.

Health facilities--Planning.

Health facilities--Safety measures.

Buildings--Natural disaster effects.

Buildings.

Buildings--Protection.

Health planning.

Emergency management.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Health aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations (black and white.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Contents:

Extreme weather events and critical infrastructure

Healthcare infrastructure and extreme weather events

Impact of extreme weather events on critical infrastructure

Public health systems and impact of extreme weather events

Case for resilience in healthcare facilities

Theory of resilience and risk in healthcare facilities

Economics of resilience

Cost model for calculation of tangible and intangible value losses

Conclusion and way forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781000910247 (electronic bk.)

1000910245 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99994471223

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.