Extreme weather, health, and communities : interdisciplinary engagement strategies /: interdisciplinary engagement strategies. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, William A. Sprigg, editors.
• Editors: Steinberg, Sheila L; Sprigg, William A
• Contents: Introduction -- Superstorm Sandy: a Game Changer? -- Extreme Weather: Politics and Public Communication -- Dust Storms, Human Health and a Global Early Warning System -- Interdisciplinary Engagement of People and Place around Extreme Weather -- Engaging Communities to Assess the Health Effects of Extreme Weather in the Arctic -- Refining the Process of Science Support for Communities around Extreme Weather Events and Climate Impacts -- Reducing Vulnerability to Extreme Heat through Interdisciplinary Research and Stakeholder Engagement -- Sociospatial Modeling for climate-based emergencies: Extreme Heat Vulnerability -- Drought and Health in the Context of Public Engagement -- Extreme Weather: Mental Health Challenges and Community Response Strategies -- Extreme Winter: Weaving Weather and Climate into a Narrative through Laura Ingalls Wilder -- The Air We Breathe: How Extreme Weather Conditions Harm Us -- Human Response to and Consequences of the May 22, 2011, Joplin Tornado -- Approaches for Building Community Resilience to Extreme Heat.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 388 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.5; Earth sciences; Weather; Climatic extremes; Natural disasters; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Climatic extremes; Natural disasters; Weather; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services; Medical -- Public Health; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; The environment; Regional & area planning; Accident & emergency medicine; Public health & preventive medicine; Earth sciences; Geology; Regional planning; Emergency medicine; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319306261; 3319306243; 9783319306247
• Related ISBNs: 331930626X; 9783319306247
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 27, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.