Climate change and adaptation strategies for human health /
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| Imprint: | Darmstadt : Steinkopff, c2006. |
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| Description: | xxv, 449 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6629771 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Bettina Menne and Kristie L. Ebi
- 2. Climatic variability and change across Europe / Glenn R. McGregor
- 3. Adaptation assessment for public health / Hans-Martin Fussel, Richard J. T. Klein and Kristie L. Ebi
- 4. Heat-waves and human health / R. Sari Kovats and Gred Jendritzky
- 5. Floods and human health / Kristie L. Ebi
- 6. Vector- and rodent-borne diseases / Kristie L. Ebi and Bettina Menne
- 7. Climate, weather and enteric diseases / R. Sari Kovats and Cristina Tirado
- 8. Policy implications for climate change-related health risks / Kristie L. Ebi, Ian Burton and Bettina Menne
- 9. Valuing the mortality effects of heat-waves / Anna Alberini, Aline Chiabai and Giuseppe Nocella
- 10. The value of a statistical life in the Czech Republic : evidence from a contingent valuation study / Anna Alberini, Milan Scasny, Marketa Braun Kolhova and Jan Melichar
- 11. Implications of the SRES scenarios for human health in Europe / Pim Martens, Irene Lorenzoni and Bettina Menne
- 12. Conclusions / Bettina Menne and Kristie L. Ebi.
