Unhealthy housing : research, remedies, and reform / / edited by Roger Burridge and David Ormandy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910348226403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : E. & F.N. Spon, , 1993
• ISBN: 1-135-83273-0; 1-135-83274-9; 1-280-23640-X; 9786610236404; 0-203-97425-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (476 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BurridgeRoger; OrmandyDavid
• Disciplina: 362.1/969/8; 363.5
• Soggetti: Housing and health; Housing and health - Great Britain; Housing policy; Housing policy - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Unhealthy Housing; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part One: The Parameters of Healthand Housing Research; 1. Understanding the problems of health and housing research: David Mant; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spot the method; 1.3 Methods and their problems: descriptive studies; 1.4 Case ControlStudies; 1.5Longitudinal studies; 1.6Intervention studies; 1.7Extrapolative studies; 1.8Practising appraisal; 1.9 Avoiding problems; 1.10Further reading; Bibliography; 2. Using published data to assess health risks: Colin Thunhurst; 2.1 Social scientific investigation and the use of secondarydata2.2 The rediscovery of inequalities in health; 2.3 Programmes of action; 2.4 Secondary studies: housing as an explanatory variable; 2.5Alternative ; views of the process of research; 2.6 Strengthening the use of secondary sources; Bibliography; 3. Housing and the health of the community: David Byrne and Jane Keithley; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Relationships between housing and health: the recentevidence; 3.3 Health and illness: individual or collective attributes?; 3.4'Aggregate health' and housing; 3.5 The ecological and atomist fallacies3.6The causes of health and illness; 3.7 Identifying community health and doing somethingabout it; Bibliography; Part Two: The Identification andEvaluation of Hazards; 4. Damp and mouldy housing: a holistic approach: Sonja Hunt; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Housing as a health hazard; 4.3Dampness, mould growth and health status; 4.4Longitudinal studies; 4.5 Long-termeffects; Bibliography; 5. Dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in children: Peter Strachan; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2The scope of epidemiological research; 5.3 Epidemiological studies of dampness, mould growthand respiratory disease in children5.4 A population survey of damp housing and childhoodasthma; 5.5Objective measurement of asthma; 5.6Measurement of airborne mould spores; 5.7Assessment of causality; 5.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; 6. Cold- and heat-related illnesses in the indoor environment: K. J. Collins; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2Thermal factors and health; 6.3The comfort zone; 6.4Temperature requirements and morbidity in children; 6.5 Humidity, cold and respiratory disorders; 6.6 Cardiovascular responses in the cold; 6.7 Urban hypothermia6.8 Winter mortality and cold homes; 6.9 Heat-related illnesses in the urban environment; 6.10 Accident rates and ambient temperature; Bibliography; 7. Cold, condensation and housing poverty: Thomas A. Markus; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2Material factors; 7.3 Material effects; 7.4 Personal and social effects; 7.5 Climate; 7.6 Cold and poverty; 7.7 The Glasgow dimension; Bibliography; 8.Mental health and high-rise housing: Hugh Freeman; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Historical background; 8.3Methodological issues; 8.4 Empirical studies of high-rise housing; 8.5 High-rise living as a pathogenic factor
• Sommario/riassunto: Unhealthy Housing presents an analysis of the research into the health implications of housing and the significance for legal regulation of housing conditions. Key experts present short papers, together with an overview to give an evaluation of the significance of housing on the health of occupiers.

Climate, Environment and Disaster in Developing Countries / / edited by Narayan Chandra Jana, R. B. Singh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910743356903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
• ISBN: 981-16-6966-X; 981-16-6965-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (536 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
• Collana: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, , 2198-3550
• Disciplina: 551.6
• Soggetti: Natural disasters; Climatology; Environmental geography; Human ecology - Study and teaching; Sustainability; Geographic information systems; Natural Hazards; Climate Sciences; Integrated Geography; Environmental Studies; Geographical Information System
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Challenges of Climate Resilient Livelihoods and an Inquiry of Mitigation Strategies in India -- Analysing LULC change on runoff and sediment yield in urbanizing agricultural watershed of monsoonal climate river basin in West Bengal, India -- Remote Sensing Based Analysis of Relationship between Urban Heat Island and Land Use/Cover Type in Bhubaneswar Metropolitan Area, India -- Statistical Downscaling method for Improving Global Model Rainfall forecasts of seasonal rainfall over West Bengal (WB), India -- Identification of Climate Change Vulnerable Zones in Bangladesh through Multivariate Geospatial Analysis -- Water Scarcity in Coastal Bangladesh: Search for Arsenic-safe Aquifer with Geostatistics -- Biodiversity Degradation of ; Southwestern Region in Saudi Arabia -- Causes and Effects of Water Logging in Dhaka City -- Water Resource Development and Sustainable Initiatives of India: Present and Future -- Mapping and Reclamation of Wastelands in Drought-prone Purulia District of West Bengal,India using Remote Sensing and GIS -- Soil, water salinization and its impact on household food insecurity in the Indian Sundarbans -- Impact of Water Reservoir and Irrigation Canals on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Upper Kumari River Basin, West Bengal, India -- Spatial pattern of Arsenic contamination in floodplain aquifers, western bank of Bhagirathi River, Lower Ganges Delta, West Bengal, India -- Spatial Pattern of Groundwater Depletion, Its Access and Adaptive Agricultural Strategies in Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Detection of Land Use/Land Cover Changes of Irga Watershed in the North-Eastern Fringe of Choto Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand, India -- An Analytical Study on Interplay between Physiographic Condition and Land Use Land Cover Dynamicity -- Assessment of Land use and Land cover change dynamics using remote sensing and GIS techniques in most effected parts of Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality -- Disaster Risk Reduction in the Changing Scenario -- Exploring the Impacts ofRiver Morphology Change Associated Natural Disasters on Teesta Riparian Environment of Bangladesh -- An Assessment on Effects of Coastal Erosion on Coastal Environment: A Case Study in Coastal Belt between Kalu River mouth and Bologoda River mouth, Sri Lanka -- Vulnerability and Exposures to Landslides in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A Case Study of Rangamati Town for Building Resilience -- Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2015 Rarh Bengal Flood in the Lower Gangetic Plain of India: Exceptional, Fast and Furious -- Application of Remotely Sensed Data for Estimation of Indices to Assess Spatiotemporal Aspects of Droughts in Bankura District of West Bengal, India -- Temporal variability of discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Subarnarekha River Basin, eastern India: A geomorphic perspective -- Assessment of Jiadhal River Basin using Sedimentary Petrology and Geospatial Approach -- An Assessment of RUSLE Model and Erosion Vulnerability in the Slopes of Dwarka – Brahmani Lateritic Interfluve, Eastern India -- Urban Flooding Scenario and Human Response in Guwahati, India.
• Sommario/riassunto: The world is currently experiencing changes in climate and environment that often lead to natural disasters. Nearly three million people worldwide may have been killed in the past 20 years by natural disasters. In total, 90% of the natural disasters and 95% of all disaster-related deaths occur in the developing countries. Recently such problems have accelerated due to LULC change, biodiversity degradation, increased tourism, urbanization and climate change. This book, consisting of 27 chapters, explores the topics of climate, environment and natural disasters in developing countries. It is essential to discuss these diverse issues in the field of geography as it encompasses interdisciplinary topics. The range of issues on national, regional and local dimensions is not only confined to geography but also concerned to other disciplines as well. Therefore, this book is a valuable source for scientists and researchers in allied fields such as climatology, disaster management, environmentalscience, hydrology, agriculture, and land use studies, among other areas. Furthermore, this book can be of immense help to the planners and decision-makers engaged in dealing with the problems of climate, environmental change and natural disasters in developing countries.