Climate change and human health scenario in South and Southeast Asia /
This book is the first to present a regional analysis of climate change and human health, focusing on geographically and socio-economically distinct countries of South and Southeast Asia. It has a major focus on India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan. Climate change is a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham :
Springer,
2016.
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Colección: | Advances in Asian human-environmental research.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book is the first to present a regional analysis of climate change and human health, focusing on geographically and socio-economically distinct countries of South and Southeast Asia. It has a major focus on India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan. Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to human health. It represents a range of environmental hazards and will affect populations in both the developed and developing countries. In particular, it affects the regions where the current burden of climate-sensitive diseases are high, which is the case in South and Southeast Asian countries. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 290 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9783319236841 3319236849 3319236830 9783319236834 |
ISSN: | 1879-7180 |