Overview
- Provides a conceptual framework for health sector adaptation within the socioeconomic context of low- and middle-income countries focusing on sustainable development
- Assesses critically the level of preparedness and the capacity of health care facilities to respond to threats from climatic change, and makes suggestions for the road ahead
- Draws upon the existing evidence on climate sensitivity to diseases and their management, to identify the key opportunities for building climate resilience
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
The book situates climate and health adaptation concerns in the broader context of developing countries, providing insights that can be useful for other countries as well, helping them further their health adaptation efforts. In India, poverty and inadequate access to basic water, health and sanitation services combine with climate-related events to adversely impact health outcomes. Three case studies on the occurrence of heat stress, flooding, and extreme cyclonic events in India are presented along with a critical assessment of the level of preparedness and capacity of healthcare facilities to respond to the threats posed by climate change. The book presents the key challenges faced in reducing the risks posed to the health sector by climatic factors, and highlights the most important opportunities for promoting resilience and adaptation to achieve sustainable development.
Dr. Dasgupta’s excellent book reviews the health risks of climate change, outlines an operational framework for health adaptation, and describes the socioeconomic context for adaptation in India.
- Kristie L. Ebi
Professor, Departments of Global Health, and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, USA
This pioneering work contributes to an the understanding of the preparedness in India to manage health risks from such (climate) change on the basis of detailed data analysis, both from large national surveys and contextualized field based surveys.
- Kanchan Chopra
Former Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, India
Reviews
- Kristie L. Ebi
Professor, Departments of Global Health and Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington, USA
This is a forward looking volume focusing on the interface between health policy and climate change, a subject little researched in India. Climate change is expected to result in an increase in extreme events such as cyclones, floods and heat waves. This pioneering work contributes to an the understanding of the preparedness in India to manage health risks from such change on the basis of detailed data analysis, both from large national surveys and contextualized field based surveys.
Thein-depth analysis provides insights into interventions required in health policy in the short run and directions for an innovative design of adaptation measures in the longer run. The study, a first of its kind will be of interest to experts in health policy and researchers working on climate change, adaptation measures and sustainable development.
- Kanchan Chopra
Former Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, India
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Having published articles in respected journals, she has also been involved with several macro and micro level economic studies for assessing the contribution of ecosystem services in various decision-making contexts. She is a member of many advisory and scientific committees related to environment andclimate change. She has been a Coordinating Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a member of its Summary for Policymakers and Synthesis Report writing teams, and the IPCC’s Scientific Steering Group on Economic Valuation, Costing and Ethics. She has been associated with several national and international assessments and research initiatives. Her national contributions include research under programs for India’s National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emissions modeling for India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, drafting of legislation on electronic waste in India, and the Expert committee to evolve environmental standards in India, among others.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Sensitive Adaptation in Health
Book Subtitle: Imperatives for India in a Developing Economy Context
Authors: Purnamita Dasgupta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2824-0
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2822-6Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3849-2Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2824-0Published: 26 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 194
Number of Illustrations: 74 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Economics, Health Economics, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Public Health, Development Economics, Climate Change