Leal Filho, Walter

Azeiteiro, Ulisses Miranda

Alves, Fátima

Climate Change and Health.

Improving Resilience and Reducing Risks.

Cham

2016

9783319246581

9783319796543

Abstract

A major objective of this volume is to create and share knowledge about the socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of climate change. The authors analyze the effects of climate change on the social and environmental determinants of the health and well-being of communities (i.e. poverty, clean air, safe drinking water, food supplies) and on extreme events such as floods and hurricanes. The book covers topics such as the social and political dimensions of the ebola response, inequalities in urban migrant communities, as well as water-related health effects of climate change. The contributors recommend political and social-cultural strategies for mitigate, adapt and prevent the impacts of climate change to human and environmental health. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners interested in new methods and tools to reduce risks and to increase health resilience to climate change.

Climate Change and Health: An Overview of the Issues and Needs
Walter Leal Filho, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Fátima Alves

Human Health and Climate Change

Extreme Weather Events: Addressing the Mental Health Challenges
Jyotsana Shukla

Mental Well-Being and the Eco-State: A Classification of Regions and Countries of the European Union
Paola E. Signoretta, Veerle Buffel, Piet Bracke

The Bioclimatic (Dis)comfort and Summer Thermal Paroxysms in Continental Portugal: Intensity, Frequency and Spatial Contrasts
Susana Oliveira Moço, José Eduardo Ventura, Malheiro Ferreira

Effects of Temperature Variation on the Human Cardiovascular System: A Systematic Review
André Luís Foroni Casas, Gabriella Mendes Dias Santos, Natalia Bíscaro Chiocheti, Mônica de Andrade

Can Concern for Air Quality Improvement Increase the Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation Policies?
Vittorio Sergi, Paolo Giardullo, Yuri Kazepov, Michela Maione

The Health Sector in an Adaptive Dialectic Strategy: The Case of the São Paulo′s Municipal Policy on Climate Change
Rubens Landin, Leandro Luiz Giatti

Reducing Food Waste in the Food Service Sector as a Way to Promote Public Health and Environmental Sustainability
Beatriz Oliveira, Ana Pinto de Moura, Luís Miguel Cunha

A Review on the Impact of Climate Change on Food Security and Malnutrition in the Sahel Region of Cameroon
Nkwetta Elvis Chabejong

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases

The Social and Political Dimensions of the Ebola Response: Global Inequality, Climate Change, and Infectious Disease
Harris Ali, Barlu Dumbuya, Michaela Hynie, Pablo Idahosa, Roger Keil, Patricia Perkins

Climate Variation and Challenges of Human Health in Nigeria: Malaria in Perspective
Vincent Nduka Ojeh, Sheyi A. Aworinde

Climate Change and Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Teresa Nazareth, Gonçalo Seixas, Carla A. Sousa

Climate Impacts on Dengue Risk in Brazil: Current and Future Risks
Paula Carvalho Pereda, Denisard Cneio de Oliveira Alves

Climate Change and Health Vulnerability in Bolivian Chaco Ecosystems
Marilyn Aparicio-Effen, Ivar Arana, James Aparicio, Cinthya Ramallo, Nelson Bernal, Mauricio Ocampo et al.

Climate Change and Health: Education, Training and Governance

Training Institute on Climate and Health: Mercosur Experience
Gilma Mantilla, Carmen Ciganda, Graciana Barboza, Francisco Chesini, Laura Frasco, Silvia Fontán et al.

Improving Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Cultures Through Environmental Education: A Case Study in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Marcos Barreto de Mendonca, Teresa da-Silva-Rosa, Tulio Gava Monteiro, Ricardo de Souza Matos

Climate Change and Health Related Challenges as a Trigger for Educational Opportunities to Foster Social Knowledge and Action
David Dueñas i Cid, Lídia Ochoa i Cañigueral

Community, University and Government Interactions for Disaster Reduction in the Mountainous Region of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast of Brazil
Leonardo Esteves de Freitas, Anderson Mululo Sato, Sandro Schottz, Ana Luiza Coelho Netto, Nathalia Lacerda

Climate Change and Health: Governance Mechanisms in Traditional Communities of Mosaico Bocaina/Brazil
Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti, Helena Ribeiro, Edmundo Gallo, Fátima Alves, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro

Observatory of Sustainable and Healthy Territories (OTSS) GIS: Geo-Information for the Sustainability of Traditional Communities in Southeastern Brazil
Leonardo Esteves de Freitas, João Crisóstomo Holzmeister Oswaldo-Cruz, Anna Cecília Cortines, Edmundo Gallo

Building Community Resilience and Strengthening Local Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Zongoene (Xai-Xai District), Gaza Province
Fialho Paloge Juma Nehama, Alberto Júnior Matavel, António Mubango Hoguane, Manuel Menomussanga, César António Mubango Hoguane, Osvaldo Zacarias et al.

Climate Change and Health Across Regions

Heat Vulnerability, Poverty and Health Inequalities in Urban Migrant Communities: A Pilot Study from Vienna
Laura Wiesböck, Anna Wanka, Elisabeth Anne-Sophie Mayrhuber, Brigitte Allex, Franz Kolland, Hans Peter Hutter et al.

Climate Change and Forced Environmental Migration Vulnerability of the Portuguese Coastline
Maria da Conceição Pereira Ramos, Natalia Ramos, Ana Isabel da Rocha Moreira

Inequities and Challenges for a Metropolitan Region to Improve Climate Resilience
Ana Karina Merlin do Imperio Favaro, Natasha Ceretti Maria, Silvana Audrá Cutolo, Renata Ferraz de Toledo, Rubens Landin, Fernando Antonio Tolffo et al.

Water Supply, Climate Change and Health Risk Factors: Example Case of São Paulo—Brazil
Sofia Lizarralde Oliver, Helena Ribeiro

Introducing Hydro-Climatic Extremes and Human Impacts in Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay
M. Aparicio-Effen, I. Arana, J. Aparicio, Pamela Cortez, G. Coronel, M. Pastén et al.

Impacts on Well-Being and Health by Excessive Rainfall and Floods in Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia
G. J. Nagy, G. Coronel, M. Pastén, J. Báez, R. Monte-Domecq, A. Galeano-Rojas et al.

Territorial Solutions, Governance and Climate Change: Ecological Sanitation at Praia do Sono, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Edmundo Gallo, Andreia Faraoni Freitas Setti, Tiago Ruprecht, Francisco Xavier Sobrinho, Patrícia Finamore, Tatsuo Shubo et al.