Global Climate Change and Human Health : From Science to Practice

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword: Climate Change and the Pandemic -- The Social Injustice of the Pandemic -- Climate Justice -- Leading -- References -- Acknowledgements -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- Commentary on COVID-19, Climate Change, and Human Health -- Climate Change Exposure Pathways and COVID-19 -- Increasing Temperature -- Air Quality -- Concomitant Stressors -- Climate Change and Future Pandemics -- New and Emerging Pathogens -- Migration and Vulnerable Populations -- Water -- Crucial Turning Point -- References -- Chapter 1 Primer on Climate Science -- Scientific Consensus -- Weather, Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Scientific Theory -- Energy Balance -- Greenhouse Gases -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Greenhouse Gas Global Warming Potential -- Solar Radiation Cycles -- Summary -- Evidence of a Changing Climate -- Temperature -- Seasonal Temperature Cycles -- Hydrologic Cycle -- Sea Ice Extent, Sea Level, and Ocean Acidification -- Urban Heat Island -- Summary -- Projected Future Climate Changes -- Increasing Temperatures -- Extreme Heat Events -- Hydrologic Cycle -- Sea Ice Extent, Sea Level, Ocean Acidification, Glacial Extent, and Snow Cover -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2 Climate-Related Disasters: The Roleof Prevention for Managing Health Risk -- Introduction -- Definition of a Climate-Related Disaster -- Global Incidence of CRDs -- Global Trends -- Global Trends in Disasters -- Global Trends in Disaster Management -- Global Trends in Human Development -- Public Health Impact of Climate-Related Disasters, in General -- The Relative Impact of CRDs -- Mortality Associated with CRDs -- Morbidity Associated with CRDs -- Public Health Impact of Climate-Related Disasters, According to Hazard -- Managing the Health Risk of Climate-Related Disasters..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

©2021

Erschienen:

Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated ; 2021

©2021

Ausgabe:

2nd ed.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lemery, Jay [VerfasserIn]
Knowlton, Kim [Mitwirkende/r]
Sorensen, Cecilia [Mitwirkende/r]

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ISBN:

978-1-119-67001-8

Themen:

Climatic changes-Health aspects
Electronic books
Environmental health

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1 online resource (675 pages)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1758867051