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Global climate change and human health : from science to practice / edited by Jay Lemery, Kim Knowlton, Cecilia Sorensen.

Contributor(s): Lemery, Jay [editor.] | Knowlton, Kim [editor.] | Sorensen, Cecilia [editor.] | ProQuest (Firm) [distributor.].Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2021Edition: Second edition.Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119669999; 9781119670018; 9781119667957.Subject(s): Climatic changes | Environmental Health | World healthGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.73874 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Primer on climate science -- Climate-related disasters : the role of prevention for managing health risk -- Health impacts of extreme heat -- Climate change impacts and the hydrologic cycle and waterborne diseases -- Degraded air quality -- Potential risks from cyanobacterial and algal blooms -- Climate change, carbon dioxide, and public health : the plant biology perspective -- Climate and its impacts on vector-borne diseases -- Food systems transformation : toward sustainable and healthy diets for all -- Climate change and population mental health -- Worker health -- Women's health and climate change : the impact of gender -- Climate modelling for health impacts -- Climate and health vulnerability assessments : new approaches and tools for adaptation planning -- Climate change health impact projections : looking into the future -- Protecting environmental justice communities from the detrimental impacts of climate change -- Climate change communication -- International perspective on climate change adaptation -- Health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies -- International institutions and global governance on climate change -- Climate change and the right to health -- Climate change and disaster risk reduction -- Climate change and forced migration -- Valuing climate change impacts on human health -- Health care system resilience -- Health professional climate engagement -- Specific impacts upon human health -- Climate change and loss of biodiversity -- Ecosystem services -- Climate change and health in Alaska -- The global energy transition and public health in a changing climate -- Loss of coral reefs -- The nurses climate challenge : a model for health professional climate action.

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Previous edition: 2015.

Primer on climate science -- Climate-related disasters : the role of prevention for managing health risk -- Health impacts of extreme heat -- Climate change impacts and the hydrologic cycle and waterborne diseases -- Degraded air quality -- Potential risks from cyanobacterial and algal blooms -- Climate change, carbon dioxide, and public health : the plant biology perspective -- Climate and its impacts on vector-borne diseases -- Food systems transformation : toward sustainable and healthy diets for all -- Climate change and population mental health -- Worker health -- Women's health and climate change : the impact of gender -- Climate modelling for health impacts -- Climate and health vulnerability assessments : new approaches and tools for adaptation planning -- Climate change health impact projections : looking into the future -- Protecting environmental justice communities from the detrimental impacts of climate change -- Climate change communication -- International perspective on climate change adaptation -- Health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies -- International institutions and global governance on climate change -- Climate change and the right to health -- Climate change and disaster risk reduction -- Climate change and forced migration -- Valuing climate change impacts on human health -- Health care system resilience -- Health professional climate engagement -- Specific impacts upon human health -- Climate change and loss of biodiversity -- Ecosystem services -- Climate change and health in Alaska -- The global energy transition and public health in a changing climate -- Loss of coral reefs -- The nurses climate challenge : a model for health professional climate action.

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