Impact of climate change on water and health. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Velma I. Grover, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Other Names: Grover, Velma I
• Contents: General Introduction; Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health, Velma I. Grover; Climate Change and Water Law: The Regimes Compared, Joyeeta Gupta; Societal Complexity: Exacerbating the Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health, George Nasr; Climate Change, Water and Health: Current Impacts and Future Challenges for Human Security, Christian Webersik; The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health, Joanna Santa Barbara; Climate Justice Must Integrate Gender Equality: What are the Key Principles? Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt; The Economics of Climate Change: Alternative Approaches, Matthew Agarwala and Atif Kubursi; Restoring Ecosystem Health in a Complex Policy Arena, Cheryl de Boer and Hans Bressers; ; Case Studies: Impact of Climate Change on Water (and Human Life); Safe Water for Health in Indigenous Communities: Barriers to Accessible Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water Supplies, Lalita Bhardwaj; Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Health: Foundations for Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Nepal, Ajaya Dixit, Dipak Gyawali and Umesh Pandey; Impact of Climate Change On Human Life Due To Rains And Floods (Pakistan), Mr. Nisar A. Memon; Water-related Health Effects of Climate Change in Sweden, Elisabet Lindgren; Environmental change and water-related health risks: An Arctic security approach, Chad Michael Briggs; Climate Change and Health Impacts in Brazil: A Discussion on "Hotspots", Ulisses E.C. Confalonieri, Isabela B Ferreira, Beatriz F Barros; Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Human Health: Empirical Evidence from Vulnerable Areas in Bangladesh, Md. Golam Rabbani, Saleemul Huq and Syed Hafizur Rahman; Rainfall Variability and Its Impacts on Water Resources and Rural Health in Kumaon Himalaya, India, Parkash C. Tiwari and Bhagwati Joshi; Climate Change, Drought, and Decentralized Healthcare Response in Northeastern Brazil: The Need for Sub-national Institutional Capacity, Eduardo J. Gómez; Climate Change and its Impacts on Water and Health Security in Mexico, Úrsula Oswald Spring; Impact of Climate Change on Africa, Abby; Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal –Implications of Climate Change and Tourism: An Evaluation of through Environmental Indicators, Sanjay Nath Khanal, William Hogland, Ramesh Prasad Bhatt, Dinesh Manandhar, and Kumud Kafle
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 551.48; Hydrologic cycle; Fresh water -- Health aspects; Climatic changes -- Health aspects; Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466577503; 1466577509
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