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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... result of its use . This publication contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily rep- resent the decisions or the stated policy of the World Health Organization , the World Meteorological ...
... result of its use . This publication contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily rep- resent the decisions or the stated policy of the World Health Organization , the World Meteorological ...
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... a research agenda 259 Increasing public awareness : importance of communicating assessment results 261 Conclusions 262 References 263 Chapter 13. Conclusions and recommendations for action 267 Introduction 267 CONTENTS vii IM.
... a research agenda 259 Increasing public awareness : importance of communicating assessment results 261 Conclusions 262 References 263 Chapter 13. Conclusions and recommendations for action 267 Introduction 267 CONTENTS vii IM.
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... resulting from human social and economic development . As a society becomes wealthier , more literate and better able to exert legislative control , the profile of local and community - wide environmental hazards ( categories A and B ) ...
... resulting from human social and economic development . As a society becomes wealthier , more literate and better able to exert legislative control , the profile of local and community - wide environmental hazards ( categories A and B ) ...
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... result in recommendations for the type , time and place of " upstream " public health interventions such as changes in management of water catchment areas . The maintenance of national public health infrastructure is a crucial element ...
... result in recommendations for the type , time and place of " upstream " public health interventions such as changes in management of water catchment areas . The maintenance of national public health infrastructure is a crucial element ...
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... results in equatorial areas receiving more solar energy than those near the poles . As a result , the tropical oceans and land . masses absorb a great deal more heat than the other regions of Earth . The atmos- phere and oceans act ...
... results in equatorial areas receiving more solar energy than those near the poles . As a result , the tropical oceans and land . masses absorb a great deal more heat than the other regions of Earth . The atmos- phere and oceans act ...
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