Climate change and urban health : the case of Hong Kong as a subtropical city /

This book provides a theoretical framework and related technical skills for investigating climate change and its public health consequences and responses with a focus on urban settings, and in particular Hong Kong, a subtropical metropolis in Asia. Specifically, the book examines the impact of clima...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chan, Emily Ying Yang (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Colección:Routledge studies in environment and health.
Temas:
Medical climatology > China > Hong Kong.
Climatic changes > Health aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Human beings > Effect of climate on > China > Hong Kong.
Climatic changes.
Urban health.
Climate Change
Urban Health
Climatologie médicale > Chine > Hongkong.
Êtres humains > Influence du climat > Chine > Hongkong.
Climat > Changements.
Santé urbaine.
climate change.
NATURE > Ecology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Urban health
Climatic changes
Climatic changes > Health aspects
Climatology
Human beings > Effect of climate on
Medical climatology
Hong Kong (China) > Climate.
Hong Kong
China > Hong Kong
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Health impact of climate change : an overview
  • Principles of health, public health and climate change
  • Climate change impact on disease and health
  • Climate change and disasters
  • Research methodology I : climate and health outcome modelling
  • Research methodology II : climate and human behavioural model
  • The case of Hong Kong
  • Health impact of extreme temperature and heat island effect on mortality
  • Temperature impact on general and communicable disease-related morbidities
  • Temperature and non-communicable disease hospitalisation
  • Climate change behavioural adaptation I : help-seeking and information-seeking behaviours under extreme climate events
  • Climate change behavioural adaptation II : bottom-up approach of community risk perception and self-help behaviours under extreme climate events
  • Climate change mitigation, policies, research gaps and next steps.

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