Climate justice and public health : realities, responses, and reimaginings for a better future / edited by Rajini Srikanth and Linda Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Srikanth, Rajini, editor.

Thompson, Linda, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical climatology.

Climatic changes--Health aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climate justice.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

xii, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2024]

Summary:

"When climate disasters like hurricanes, heatwaves, and tsunamis strike, they reveal the inequities of our social, political, and economic structures. They also lay bare the negative impacts of these structures on the health and safety of all people, and particularly socioeconomically vulnerable groups. With original contributions from scholars from a wide range of diverse fields-including environmental studies, public health, legal studies, urban planning, literary studies, and nursing-Climate Justice and Public Health examines this nexus of climate change, which has become impossible to ignore in the twenty-first century. Expanding the climate and health equity discussions to populations all over the globe, the contributors in this volume address an impressive and broad range of topics that include Indigenous health and cultural practices, mental and emotional health, senior health, and impacts on African American communities. Collectively, they present radical new ways of confronting these issues and propose holistic solutions"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Climate justice and public health

ISBN:

9781625348036

1625348037

9781625348043

1625348045

OCLC:

1416192953

Publisher Number:

99996631469