1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460899403321

Autore

Luber George

Titolo

Global climate change and human health : from science to practice / / George Luber, Jay Lemery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-60358-3

1-118-60357-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (707 p.)

Disciplina

615.9/02

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Health aspects

Global warming - Health aspects

Environmental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Primer on climate science / Christopher K. Uejio, James D. Tamerius, Karen Wertz, Katie M. Konchar -- Extreme weather events : the role of public health in disaster risk reduction as a means for climate change adaptation / Mark E. Keim, M.D -- Climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle and waterborne diseases / Jan C. Semenza -- Climate change, carbon dioxide and public health : the plant biology perspective / Lewis H. Ziska, Kris L. Ebi -- Climate and its impacts on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases / Charles B. Beard, Jada F. Garofalo, Kenneth L. Gage -- Increased risks from cyanobacteria and algae blooms / Lorraine C. Backer -- Ozone, oppressive air masses & degraded air quality / Kim Knowlton -- Climate change and population mental health / Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed and Sandro Galea -- Addressing the challenges of climate change to food security, safety and nutrition / Tirado, MC -- Climate and health vulnerability assessments : a practical approach / Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Joy Guillemot, Kristie Ebi -- Climate change health impact projections: looking into the future / Jeremy Hess -- Extreme and changing meteorological conditions on the human health condition / Daniel P.



Johnson and Austin C. Stanforth -- Climate change adaptation : historic perspective, framing, and future directions / Kristie L. Ebi -- Protecting environmental justice communities from the detrimental impacts of climate change / Cecilia Martinez and Nicky Sheats -- Improving the surveillance of climate-sensitive diseases / Pierre Gosselin, Diane Bélanger, Mathilde Pascal, Philippe Pireaux, and Christovam Barcellos -- Climate change communication / Stuart Capstick, Adam Corner, and Nick Pidgeon -- Health co-benefits of climate mitigation strategies / Linda Rudolph and Maxwell J. Richardson -- Mitigation : international institutions and global governance / Perry Sheffield and Farah Faisal -- Community-based sentinel surveillance as an innovative tool to measure the health effects of cc in remote alaska / David L. Driscoll -- Climate change and the right to health / Carmel Williams.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778279503321

Autore

Callahan Allen Dwight

Titolo

The talking book [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the Bible / / Allen Dwight Callahan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-73530-2

9786611735302

0-300-13787-7

9780300137873

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 286 p

Disciplina

220.089/96073

Soggetti

Afrocentrism - Religious aspects - Christianity - History

African Americans - Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. The Talking Book -- 2. The Poison Book -- 3. The Good Book -- 4. Exile -- 5. Exodus -- 6. Ethiopia -- 7. Emmanuel -- Postscript -- Notes -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Talking Book casts the Bible as the central character in a vivid



portrait of black America, tracing the origins of African-American culture from slavery's secluded forest prayer meetings to the bright lights and bold style of today's hip-hop artists. The Bible has profoundly influenced African Americans throughout history. From a variety of perspectives this wide-ranging book is the first to explore the Bible's role in the triumph of the black experience. Using the Bible as a foundation, African Americans shared religious beliefs, created their own music, and shaped the ultimate key to their freedom-literacy. Allen Callahan highlights the intersection of biblical images with African-American music, politics, religion, art, and literature. The author tells a moving story of a biblically informed African-American culture, identifying four major biblical images-Exile, Exodus, Ethiopia, and Emmanuel. He brings these themes to life in a unique African-American history that grows from the harsh experience of slavery into a rich culture that endures as one of the most important forces of twenty-first-century America.