Climate Change and Public Health

by Barry S. Levy, Jonathan A. Patz

Climate change is causing, and will increasingly cause, a wide range of adverse health effects, including heat-related disorders, infectious diseases, respiratory and allergic disorders, malnutrition, mental health problems, and violence. The scientific bases for the associations between climate change and health problems are evolving as are the strategies for adapting to climate change and mitigating the greenhouse gases, which are its primary cause.

With contributions from 78 leading experts in climate change and in public health, this book contains a concise and comprehensive book that represents a core curriculum on climate change and public health, including key strategies for adaptation and mitigation. Written primarily for students and mid-career professionals in public health and environmental sciences, the book clearly describes concepts and their application to the health impacts of climate change. Chapters are supplemented with case studies, graphs, tables and photographs. The book's organization in 15 chapters makes it an ideal textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in public health, environmental sciences, public policy, and other fields.

Genres: Environment, Nonfiction

405 pages, Paperback

First published June 16, 2015

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the exception of the chapter on vector-borne diseases, this book was remarkably easy to read. I mean not a whole lot of it was new information for me, so that might actually be why. Still, it is a textbook and it reads like one. My biggest complaint are the pictures that they labeled as 'figures'. Like, that's not a figure, that's just a photo of 3 people on bicycles.

[Tarredion · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly un-tedious !!