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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... the World Health Organization , the World Meteorological Organiza- tion , or the United Nations Environment Programme . Designed in New Zealand Typeset in Hong Kong Printed in Malta Contents Preface Acknowledgements xi x . x * ix Chapter.
... the World Health Organization , the World Meteorological Organiza- tion , or the United Nations Environment Programme . Designed in New Zealand Typeset in Hong Kong Printed in Malta Contents Preface Acknowledgements xi x . x * ix Chapter.
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... tion to analyses that underpin the work presented in this book : Natasha Andronova , Michael Schlesinger , ( University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign , USA ) ; Martha Anker , Monika Blössner , Robert Bos , Charles Delacollette ...
... tion to analyses that underpin the work presented in this book : Natasha Andronova , Michael Schlesinger , ( University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign , USA ) ; Martha Anker , Monika Blössner , Robert Bos , Charles Delacollette ...
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... tion around 15 000 years ago , along with the evidence of recent temperature rises and the IPCC's projected rapid warming in the current century , are summarized in Figure 1.3 . Several of the rises and falls of great civilisations are ...
... tion around 15 000 years ago , along with the evidence of recent temperature rises and the IPCC's projected rapid warming in the current century , are summarized in Figure 1.3 . Several of the rises and falls of great civilisations are ...
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... tion , biodiversity loss , worldwide land degradation , freshwater depletion , and others such as the disruption of the elemental cycles of nitrogen and sulphur , and the global dissemination of persistent organic pollutants . All have ...
... tion , biodiversity loss , worldwide land degradation , freshwater depletion , and others such as the disruption of the elemental cycles of nitrogen and sulphur , and the global dissemination of persistent organic pollutants . All have ...
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... tion . Because of these and other factors at the end of the nineteenth century many people in India were more vulnerable to adverse effects of drought than ever before . In the light of this varied ( often dramatic ) history of the ...
... tion . Because of these and other factors at the end of the nineteenth century many people in India were more vulnerable to adverse effects of drought than ever before . In the light of this varied ( often dramatic ) history of the ...
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