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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... uncertainty General issues concerning uncertainty Conclusions References Chapter 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes Introduction El Niño and infectious diseases 71 74 75 76 79 79 81 Malaria 82 Dengue 83 Rodent - borne diseases 84 ...
... uncertainty General issues concerning uncertainty Conclusions References Chapter 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes Introduction El Niño and infectious diseases 71 74 75 76 79 79 81 Malaria 82 Dengue 83 Rodent - borne diseases 84 ...
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... uncertainties 253 Case Study 4 : Human dependence on food from coral reef fisheries 254 Case Study 5 : Dengue simulation modelling and risk reduction 258 Formulating a research agenda 259 Increasing public awareness : importance of ...
... uncertainties 253 Case Study 4 : Human dependence on food from coral reef fisheries 254 Case Study 5 : Dengue simulation modelling and risk reduction 258 Formulating a research agenda 259 Increasing public awareness : importance of ...
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... uncertainties about aspects of the climate system and future human economic activity and technology choices . World temperature has increased by around 0.4 ° C since the 1970s and now exceeds the upper limit of natural ( historical ) ...
... uncertainties about aspects of the climate system and future human economic activity and technology choices . World temperature has increased by around 0.4 ° C since the 1970s and now exceeds the upper limit of natural ( historical ) ...
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... uncertainty 2 Mesopotamia flourishes Agriculture emerges Vikings in Greenland Holocene Optimum I Medieval Warm T 1940 21st T Little ice age in Europe century : very rapid ( 15th - 18th rise -2 -3 End of last ice age 45 -4 Younger Dryas ...
... uncertainty 2 Mesopotamia flourishes Agriculture emerges Vikings in Greenland Holocene Optimum I Medieval Warm T 1940 21st T Little ice age in Europe century : very rapid ( 15th - 18th rise -2 -3 End of last ice age 45 -4 Younger Dryas ...
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... interval of tem- perature uncertainty , defined by historical variation , during even the warmest periods of the last millennium ( 3 ) . FIGURE 2.5 Combined annual land - surface , air ,. CHAPTER 2. WEATHER AND CLIMATE AS HEALTH EXPOSURES ...
... interval of tem- perature uncertainty , defined by historical variation , during even the warmest periods of the last millennium ( 3 ) . FIGURE 2.5 Combined annual land - surface , air ,. CHAPTER 2. WEATHER AND CLIMATE AS HEALTH EXPOSURES ...
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