Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and ResponsesAnthony J. McMichael World Health Organization, 2003 - 322 pages Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems. The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. |
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... populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological and physical systems ... Population Health , The Australian National University , Canberra , Australia . urchin populations are expanding and ...
... populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological and physical systems ... Population Health , The Australian National University , Canberra , Australia . urchin populations are expanding and ...
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... population affect the health of distant populations — as with the environmental dissemination of chlorinated hydrocar- bons ( persistent organic pollutants : POPS ) -but actions today may jeopardise the well - being and health of future ...
... population affect the health of distant populations — as with the environmental dissemination of chlorinated hydrocar- bons ( persistent organic pollutants : POPS ) -but actions today may jeopardise the well - being and health of future ...
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... populations vary in their vulnerability to these potential impacts . There is growing realization that the sustainability of population health must be a central consideration in the public discourse on how human societies can make the ...
... populations vary in their vulnerability to these potential impacts . There is growing realization that the sustainability of population health must be a central consideration in the public discourse on how human societies can make the ...
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... population in Greenland was pressing southwards , probably in response to the ongoing climate change . The Viking settlements eventually died out or were abandoned in the fourteenth ( Western Settlement ) and fifteenth centuries ...
... population in Greenland was pressing southwards , probably in response to the ongoing climate change . The Viking settlements eventually died out or were abandoned in the fourteenth ( Western Settlement ) and fifteenth centuries ...
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... Population vulnerability and adaptive responses Human populations , as with individuals , vary in their vulnerability to certain health outcomes . A population's vulnerability is a joint function of , first , the extent to which a ...
... Population vulnerability and adaptive responses Human populations , as with individuals , vary in their vulnerability to certain health outcomes . A population's vulnerability is a joint function of , first , the extent to which a ...
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