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1 online resource (ix, 399 pages) |
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Climate Change Management |
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Climate change management (Springer (Firm))
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| Contents |
Part I Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks -- 1 Modelling of Human Activities on Planetary Systems for Sustainable Living -- 2 Sustainable Management Model for Native Flora in the Face of Climate Change and Planetary Health -- 3 Entomophagy and the Nexus Between Human and Planetary Health -- 4 Future of Flood Control Projects in Bangladesh Considering the Health of Its Floodplain and Inhabitants -- 5 Ways to Protect and Preserve Human and Planetary Health Through the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector in Schools -- 6 The Power of Gender Equality to Accelerate Planetary Health and Prevent Pandemics: Evidence and Practice -- 7 Energy, and Human and Planetary Health: Is the Mutual Link Inevitable? -- 8 Possible Role of Positive Stratospheric Ozone Anomalies and Adaptation to Climate Change -- 9 Handbook and Human and Planetary Health. Sustaining Planetary Health: Putting a Stop to Ecosystem Decline, Unsustainable Practices and Associated Human Suffering -- 10 Planetary Health in Brazil -- Part II Practical Experiences and Case Studies -- 11 Coastlines Caught in the Middle: How Development Policy and Sea Level Rise Are Eroding Coastal Ecosystems in the United States -- 12 Vulnerabilities of Waste Scavengers to COVID-19 Impacts: Outcomes of an Exploratory Study in Ghana -- 13 Impact of Tourism Activities on Human Health and the Environment of a Riparian Ecosystem in Mexico -- 14 Planetary Health Begins on Campus: Enhancing Students’ Well-Being and Health Through Prairie Habitat Restoration -- 15 “Health as a Social-technical Enterprise Anchored in Social-ecological Justice and Stakeholder Collaboration: Insights from Mexico-Lerma-Cutzamala Hydrological Region” -- 16 Greek Students’ Planetary Health Profile: A Master’s Program in Environmental Communication and Health Promotion -- 17 The Untapped Potential of Early Childhood Education for Planetary Health: A Narrative Review -- 18 Enviro-Health Consequences of Unpaved Road Deterioration in Liberia: Implications for Development -- 19 The Nexus Between Biomass Burning, Black Carbon Air Pollution and Planetary Health in Africa -- 20 Climate Change and the Increase of Extreme Events in Azores -- 21 Understanding and Handling Zoonoses -- 22 Climate Change Health Impacts: The Need for Watershed and Ecohealth Approaches Base for Health Adaptation Strategies and Policies |
| Summary |
This book contains a set of papers which explore the subject matter of human and planetary health at various angles The year 2015 was a special year in the field of human and planetary health. In that year, the report, produced by the Rockefeller Foundation and the journal The Lancet, called "Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health" was launched. Also in 2015, the World Health Organization and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity published the report "Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review" with over 100 contributors, meant to guide future joint actions. Both documents comprehensively address the need for a better understanding of the connections between human health and ecosystems and the risks associated with damages to the integrity of the planet. The period in which humanity finds itself right now, the Anthropocene, is a risk one since mankind is putting the planet under considerable pressure. These elements have led to the emergence of a new field of research, namely planetary health. Planetary health seeks to address a very concrete and urgent contemporary problem, namely the need to understand, quantify, and act in order to reverse the effects of human population growth and the acceleration of socioeconomic activities on the environment and, inter alia, the disturbances in the Earth's natural ecosystems and how these, in turn, impact human health and well-being. Anthropic disturbances in natural ecosystems are characterized by changes in climate, land use, changes in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycle, chemical pollution of soil, water and air, reduction in the availability of drinking water, loss of biodiversity, destruction of the ozone layer, and ocean acidification, among others. In all these areas, there is a perceived need to document and promote examples of initiatives and good practice, which may change current trends. This book addresses this need. It documents experiences, case studies, and projects which explore the connections between human and planetary health and illustrates examples which show the consequences of ecosystemic disturbances to the health and well-being of humanity. Thanks to its design and the contributions by experts from various areas, it provides a welcome contribution to the literature on planetary health, and it inspires further works in this field |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 15, 2022) |
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Biodiversity conservation.
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Biodiversity -- Climatic factors.
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Health.
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Biodiversity conservation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Biodiversity -- Climatic factors -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Environmental health -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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health.
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Biodiversity -- Climatic factors
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Biodiversity conservation
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Environmental health
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Leal Filho, Walter, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783031098796 |
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303109879X |
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