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  • Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions

    Edited by Kristie L Ebi, Joel B Smith, Ian Burton ...
    Overall, the negative health impacts of global climate change are anticipated to significantly outweigh positive impacts. Furthermore, global climate change will continue for decades, even after the effective implementation of mitigation measures. By exploring cases in public health and prior lessons learned, this valuable title identifies the key ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

  • Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific

    Manila, Philippines, 15–19 January 1996

    Edited by Joe Wisniewski, Saleemul Huq, William C. Bolhofer, Joel B. Smith, Stephanie Lenhart, Lin Erda, Shishir K. Mukherjee ...
    PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi L. AMADORE, W. C. BOLHOFER, R. V. CRUZ, R. B. FEIR, C. A. FREYSINGER, S. GUILL, K. F. JALAL, A IGLESIAS, A. JOSE, S. LEATHERMAN, S. LENHART, S. MUKHER JEE, J. B. SMITH, and J. WISNIEWSKII Climate Change Vulnerability and Adap tion in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop Summary 1-12 A. IGLESIAS, LlN ERDA, and C. ROSENZWEIG I Climate Change in Asia: A Review of the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change

    Interim Results from the U.S. Country Studies Program

    Edited by Ivana Nemesová, Saleemul Huq, Sekou Touré, Joel B. Smith, Stephanie Lenhart, Luis José Mata ...
    Series Book 8 - Environmental Science and Technology Library
    Martin Parry University College, London, UK The 13 country studies collected in this re Adaptations Assessment published by the port represent the first of what is likely to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change become a worldwide, country-by-country (Carter et al., 1994) as an agreed technical estimate of the likely impacts of, and appro set of scientific methods for climate impact priate ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Introduction to Public Health - E-Book

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    This text introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health: the nature and scope of public health; its history; an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology; evidence-based practice in public health and understanding public health data plus more. ... Read more

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  • Disaster Management: Global Challenges and Local Solutions

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  • Issues In Public Health

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    This book discusses the core issues of modern public health, its themes, foundations and evolution and the impact of globalisation. ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the Geography of Health

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  • Poverty And The Environment: Understanding Linkages At The Household Level

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