The objective of the present edited book is to encompass studies
from both developed and developing countries of Asia, Africa
Europe, and Americas, to understand and present a comparative
scenario of the climate change and other environmental determinants
of health and disease in geographically diversified countries.
Environment and health perspective dates back to Hippocrates
treatise written 400 B.C.E. In his book On Airs, Waters and Places,
Hippocrates described diseases as associated with environmental
conditions, “Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly,
should proceed thus: in the first place to consider the seasons of
the year, and what effects each of them produces for they are not
at all alike, but differ much from themselves in regard to their
changes. Then the winds, the hot and the cold, especially such as
are common to all countries, and then such as are peculiar to each
locality. We must also consider the qualities of the waters, for as
they differ from one another in taste and weight, so also do they
differ much in their qualities. In the same manner, when one comes
into a city to which he is a stranger, he ought to consider its
situation, how it lies as to the winds and the rising of the sun;
for its influence is not the same whether it lies to the north or
the south, to the rising or to the setting sun”. There has been a
greater emphasis in the last four decades on understanding
environmental factors which affect human health, after United
Nations established Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) in 1988 aimed at to evaluate research on changing
environmental condition, particularly climate change and its
impacts on human wellbeing, including human health, as consequences
of extreme heat waves conditions, sea level rise, forced migration,
air pollution, droughts, and wildfires. From these studies, risk
levels of vulnerable populations and regions can be assessed and
level of resilience of healthcare infrastructure that may be used
in environmental health policy and equity of these countries.
General
Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
Global Perspectives on Health Geography |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Firstpublished: |
2023 |
Editors: |
Rais Akhtar
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-138877-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-03-138877-1 |
Barcode: |
9783031388774 |
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