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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337897703321

Autore

Marselle Melissa R

Titolo

Biodiversity and health in the face of climate change / / edited by Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine, Aletta Bonn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2019

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-02318-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 481 pages) : illustrations, b&w and colour

Disciplina

613.1

Soggetti

Environmental health

Applied ecology

Climate change

Biodiversity

Public health

Regional planning

Urban planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Section 1: Biodiversity and physical health  -- Section 2: Biodiversity and mental wellbeing -- Section 3: Biodiversity and social wellbeing -- Section 4: Implications of the biodiversity and health relationship  -- Section 5: Planning and managing urban green spaces for biodiversity and health in a changing climate.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from



biodiversity - in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.