Cities, climate change and public health : building human resilience to climate change at the local level /: building human resilience to climate change at the local level. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ella Jisun Kim.
• Authors: Kim, Ella Jisun
• Contents: List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION. The Frames and Games research project ; Introducing the book -- CHAPTER 2. CITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Health impacts of climate change ; Planning for and managing the health impacts of climate change ; Two exemplars ; Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3. COLLECTIVE CLIMATE ADAPTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. Planned adaptation to climate change ; Barriers to climate adaptation at the local level ; Framing the policy challenge ; Collective planning and policymaking for climate change ; Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4. FRAMING CLIMATE CHANGE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. Issue framing and public opinion ; Frames and climate change ; Framing climate change as a public health issue ; Research process ; Expected results ; Results ; Thoughts on the efficacy of the public health frame ; Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5. ROLE-PLAY SIMULATIONS. Serious games and climate change ; A role-play simulation on the health impacts of climate change ; Research process ; Expected results ; Results ; Role-play simulation outcomes ; Themes from the debriefings: connecting game results to real-life situations ; Group decision-making success factors ; Shifts in climate knowledge, affect, and behavior after playing the game ; Shifts in knowledge, affect, and behavior by political viewpoint ; Different types of learning in the role-play simulation ; Shifts in local climate adaptation policy priorities ; Shifts in preferred policy approaches to manage local climate risks ; Inside the role-play simulation experience ; Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6. DIGITAL GAMES. The promise of digital games ; Digital games and climate change ; A digital game on the health impacts of climate change ; Research process ; Expected results ; Results ; Shifts in climate knowledge, affect, and behavior after playing the game ; Shifts in knowledge, affect, and behavior by political viewpoint ; Different types of learning in the digital game ; Shifts in local climate adaptation policy priorities ; Proactive learning ; Themes from citizen input: Connecting game results to real-life situations ; Inside the digital game experience ; Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7. ROLE-PLAY SIMULATIONS VERSUS DIGITAL GAMES. Demographics ; Attitudinal changes ; Attitudinal changes by political viewpoint ; Different types of learning ; Relative advantages and disadvantages of game format ; CHAPTER 8. DISCUSSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. Framing climate change as a public health issue ; Face-to-face role-play simulations ; Digital games ; Face-to-face role-play simulations versus digital games ; Policy recommendations ; Contributions to theory and practice -- Appendix A. Issue framing vignettes -- Appendix B. Issue framing survey questions -- Appendix C. Role-play simulation before-survey questions -- Appendix D. Role-play simulation after-survey questions -- Appendix E. Role-play simulation facilitator questionnaire -- Appendix F. Role-play simulation debriefing script -- Appendix G. Role-play simulation post-game interview questions -- Appendix H. Role-play simulation workshop sample characteristics --- Appendix I. Digital game before-survey questions -- Appendix J. Digital game after-survey questions -- Appendix K. Digital game post-game interview questions -- Appendix L. Digital game sample characteristics -- References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 131 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.73874/72/0973/091732; Urban ecology (Sociology) -- United States; Climatic changes -- Health aspects -- United States; Resilience (Personality trait); City planning -- United States; Climatic changes; Public health; Cities and towns; Climate Change; Community Health Planning; Public Health; Cities; Écologie urbaine -- États-Unis; Résilience (Trait de personnalité); Climat -- Changements; Services communautaires de santé -- Planification; Santé publique; Villes; climate change; public health; cities; Urban ecology (Sociology); Resilience (Personality trait); Climatic changes; City planning; United States; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785273261; 1785273264; 9781785273254; 1785273256
• Related ISBNs: 1785273248; 9781785273247
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record; online resource viewed March 11, 2021.
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