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This book focuses on the emerging health issues due to climate
change, particularly emphasizing the situation in developing
countries. Thanks to recent development in the areas of remote
sensing, GIS technology, and downscale modeling of climate, it has
now become possible to depict and predict the relationship between
environmental factors and health-related event data with a
meaningful spatial and temporal scale. The chapters address new
aspects of environment-health relationship relevant to this smaller
scale analyses, including how considering people's mobility changes
the exposure profile to certain environmental factors, how
considering behavioral characteristics is important in predicting
diarrhea risks after urban flood, and how small-scale land use
patterns will affect the risk of infection by certain parasites,
and subtle topography of the land profile. Through the combination
of reviews and case studies, the reader would be able to learn how
the issues of health and climate/social changes can be addressed
using available technology and datasets. The post-2015 UN agenda
has just put forward, and tremendous efforts have been started to
develop and establish appropriate indicators to achieve the SDG
goals. This book will also serve as a useful guide for creating
such an indicator associated with health and planning, in line with
the Ecohealth concept, the major tone of this book. With the
increasing and pressing needs for adaptation to climate change, as
well as societal change, this would be a very timely publication in
this trans-disciplinary field.
Transforming the Socio Economy with Digital Innovation explores the
impacts of digital innovation on socioeconomic phenomena,
resilience and governance. The book examines the limitation of
using GDP as a measure of economic growth in digital societies,
stressing how the Internet promotes a "free" culture that cannot be
captured through GDP data. The book synthesizes multi-dimensional
research consisting of digital platform ecosystems observations,
theoretical appraisals, statistical methods development, in-depth
empirical analysis, and database construction for analysis and
outcomes compilation. Utilizing analysis from more than 500 global
ICT leaders, this book identifies potential challenges and
solutions for academic analysis, economic planning and
policymaking.
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