Global Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice

by Luber, George

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Title Statements

Full title :Global Climate Change and Human Health : From Science to Practice.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (707 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118603581, 1118603583
oclc:on1347766860
LC Classification:RA793 -- .L83 2015eb
Dewey Decimal:615.9/02

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- Part 1: Our Changing Planet: Emergent Risks for Human Health -- Chapter 1: Primer on Climate Science -- Scientific Consensus -- Weather, Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Scientific Theory -- Energy Balance -- Evidence of a Changing Climate -- Climate Models -- Projected Future Climate Changes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Extreme Weather Events: The Role of Public Health in Disaster Risk Reduction as a Means for Climate Change Adaptation -- Disasters Caused by Extreme Weather Events -- Scope of the Problem -- Public Health Impact of Extreme Weather Disasters -- Managing the Public Health Risk of Extreme Weather Disasters -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Extreme and Changing Meteorological Conditions on the Human Health Condition -- Social, Environmental, and Individual Factors within Well-Known Climate-Related Health Risks -- Case Study -- Conclusion -- Part 2: The Health Consequences of Climate Change -- Chapter 4: Changes in Hydrology and Its Impacts on Waterborne Disease -- Changes in Hydrology due to Climate Change -- Waterborne Pathogens -- Other Infectious…