04584nam 2201129z- 450 991055758400332120231214133656.0(CKB)5400000000043808(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68261(EXLCZ)99540000000004380820202105d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImpacts of Climate Change on Human HealthBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 electronic resource (288 p.)3-03936-740-4 3-03936-741-2 Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects infectious disease risk, air pollution, and other forms of exposure. The different ways in which climate change will affect health are complex, interactive, and different communities are disproportionately affected. International actions such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals recognise the future risks to society and acknowledge that we are already committed to a certain level of climate change. Future adaptation measures therefore need careful assessment and implementation for us to be able to minimise the potential risks from climate change and, at the same time, maximise the potential health benefits of a cleaner, greener world. This Special Issue comprises original research articles and detailed reviews on the likely impacts of climate change on health in a range of geographical settings, and the potential for adaptation measures to reduce some of these risks. Ultimately, studies like these will motivate policy level action for mitigation and help in determining the most effective methods of adaptation to reduce negative impacts in future through embedding scientific evidence into practice.Research & information: generalbicsscheat-wavesheat-related mortality20032015climate changeGermanyair temperaturehot daysheat wavescityurban area typesPoznańPolandambulance 999 callsextreme weatherresource planningLondonUKheatmortalityadaptationdwellingsindoor temperaturecold dayscold waveshealth systemsclimate adaptationhealth infrastructurerescue servicesNorthern Europedisaster risk reductionSendai Frameworkdemographic changeinfectious diseasesvector-borne diseasesaerosolized exposurespollenwell-beingpublic healthland managementpatient and public involvement (PPI)land-useEl Niño Southern OscillationENSOhealthclimatic variabilityclimate-sensitive diseaseworkplaceheat stressproductivity lossbeta distributionNorth Atlantic Oscillationweatheremergency ambulance callsexacerbation of essential hypertensionurban heat islandurban planningheat resilienceclimate scenarioswaterborne diseasenatural environmentriskscryptosporidiosischoleraleptospirosisLegionnaires' diseasetrends over timeResearch & information: generalHeaviside Clareedt1280353Heaviside ClareothBOOK9910557584003321Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health3016816UNINA