Overview
- First study to focus from the regional perspective on climate change and health impacts in South and Southeast Asia
- Includes case studies from India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan
- The book deals with natural disasters including flooding, droughts heatwaves and outbreaks of vector-borne diseases in the region
- The book acquires significance in the light of Word Health Organization's First International Conference on Health and Climate, held in Geneva in August 2014
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research (AAHER)
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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. lt 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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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Regional Studies
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia
Editors: Rais Akhtar
Series Title: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23684-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23683-4Published: 29 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79521-8Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23684-1Published: 20 April 2016
Series ISSN: 1879-7180
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7199
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 290
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Geography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Health