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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 climate change on
health in terms of mortality, hospital admissions and help-seeking,
as well as key response strategies of adaptation and mitigation.
Many existing books tend to consider the relationship of climate
change and public health as two connected issues divided into
various discrete topics. Conversely, this book explicitly applies
public health concepts to study the human impact of climate change,
for example, by conceptualising climate change impact and its
alleviation, mitigation and adaptation in a public health
framework. Overall, this volume summarises what is known about
climate change and health and ignites further debates in the area,
especially for urban subtropical communities from within a wider
global perspective. This book will be of great interest to students
and scholars of environmental health, public health, climate
change, urban studies and Asian studies.
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 climate change on
health in terms of mortality, hospital admissions and help-seeking,
as well as key response strategies of adaptation and mitigation.
Many existing books tend to consider the relationship of climate
change and public health as two connected issues divided into
various discrete topics. Conversely, this book explicitly applies
public health concepts to study the human impact of climate change,
for example, by conceptualising climate change impact and its
alleviation, mitigation and adaptation in a public health
framework. Overall, this volume summarises what is known about
climate change and health and ignites further debates in the area,
especially for urban subtropical communities from within a wider
global perspective. This book will be of great interest to students
and scholars of environmental health, public health, climate
change, urban studies and Asian studies.
Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals,
students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting
health and well-being among older people in the context of
humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low- and
middle-income country settings. Older people face specific
vulnerabilities in physical, mental and social well-being during
disasters. They are likely to experience socio-economic
marginalisation, isolation, inaccessible information and a lack of
relevant post-emergency support services. Meanwhile, although older
people can also significantly contribute to disaster preparedness,
response and recovery, their capacities are often under-utilised.
Drawing on a range of global case studies, this book provides
readers with a theoretical underpinning, while suggesting actions
at the individual, community and national levels to reduce the
health risks to older people posed by the increasing frequency and
intensity of disaster, in particular those resulting from natural
hazards. Topics covered range from the health impact of disasters
on older people and response to their post-disaster health needs,
to disaster preparedness, disease prevention, healthy ageing,
global policy developments and the contributions of older people in
disaster contexts. This book draws on lessons learnt from previous
disasters and targets students and professionals working in
disaster medicine, disaster public health, humanitarian studies,
gerontology and geriatrics.
Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals,
students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting
health and well-being among older people in the context of
humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low- and
middle-income country settings. Older people face specific
vulnerabilities in physical, mental and social well-being during
disasters. They are likely to experience socio-economic
marginalisation, isolation, inaccessible information and a lack of
relevant post-emergency support services. Meanwhile, although older
people can also significantly contribute to disaster preparedness,
response and recovery, their capacities are often under-utilised.
Drawing on a range of global case studies, this book provides
readers with a theoretical underpinning, while suggesting actions
at the individual, community and national levels to reduce the
health risks to older people posed by the increasing frequency and
intensity of disaster, in particular those resulting from natural
hazards. Topics covered range from the health impact of disasters
on older people and response to their post-disaster health needs,
to disaster preparedness, disease prevention, healthy ageing,
global policy developments and the contributions of older people in
disaster contexts. This book draws on lessons learnt from previous
disasters and targets students and professionals working in
disaster medicine, disaster public health, humanitarian studies,
gerontology and geriatrics.
This book presents the health emergency and disaster risk
management (H-EDRM) research landscape, with examples from Asia. In
recent years, the intersection of health and disaster risk
reduction (DRR) has emerged as an important interdisciplinary
field. In several landmark UN agreements adopted in 2015-2016,
including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030, the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris
climate agreement, and the New Urban Agenda (Habitat III), health
is acknowledged as an inevitable outcome and a natural goal of
disaster risk reduction, and the cross-over of the two fields is
essential for the successful implementation of the Sendai
Framework. H-EDRM has emerged as an umbrella field that encompasses
emergency and disaster medicine, DRR, humanitarian response,
community health resilience, and health system resilience. However,
this fragmented, nascent field has yet to be developed into a
coherent discipline. Key challenges include redundant research,
lack of a strategic research agenda, limited development of
multisectoral and interdisciplinary approaches, deficiencies in the
science-policy-practice nexus, absence of standardized terminology,
and insufficient coordination among stakeholders. This book
provides a timely and invaluable resource for undergraduate and
postgraduate students, researchers, scholars, and frontline
practitioners as well as policymakers from across the component
domains of H-EDRM.
This book presents the health emergency and disaster risk
management (H-EDRM) research landscape, with examples from Asia. In
recent years, the intersection of health and disaster risk
reduction (DRR) has emerged as an important interdisciplinary
field. In several landmark UN agreements adopted in 2015-2016,
including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030, the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris
climate agreement, and the New Urban Agenda (Habitat III), health
is acknowledged as an inevitable outcome and a natural goal of
disaster risk reduction, and the cross-over of the two fields is
essential for the successful implementation of the Sendai
Framework. H-EDRM has emerged as an umbrella field that encompasses
emergency and disaster medicine, DRR, humanitarian response,
community health resilience, and health system resilience. However,
this fragmented, nascent field has yet to be developed into a
coherent discipline. Key challenges include redundant research,
lack of a strategic research agenda, limited development of
multisectoral and interdisciplinary approaches, deficiencies in the
science-policy-practice nexus, absence of standardized terminology,
and insufficient coordination among stakeholders. This book
provides a timely and invaluable resource for undergraduate and
postgraduate students, researchers, scholars, and frontline
practitioners as well as policymakers from across the component
domains of H-EDRM.
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