Impact of climate change on water and health
by
 
Grover, Velma I.

Title
Impact of climate change on water and health

Author
Grover, Velma I.

ISBN
9781466577497

Personal Author
Grover, Velma I.

Publication Information
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]

Physical Description
x, 416 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

General Note
"A science publishers book."

Contents
Machine generated contents note: Section 1 General Introduction -- 1.Introduction: Impact of Climate Change on Water Cycle and Health / Velma I. Grover -- 2.Climate Change and Water Law: The Regimes Compared / Joyeeta Gupta -- 3.Societal Complexity: Exacerbating the Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health / George J. Nasr -- 4.Climate Change, Water and Health: Current Impacts and Future Challenges for Human Security / Christian Webersik -- 5.The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health / Joanna Santa Barbara -- 6.Climate Justice Must Integrate Gender Equality: What are the Key Principles? / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt -- 7.The Economics of Climate Change: Alternative Approaches / Atif Kubursi -- 8.Restoring Ecosystem Health in a Complex Policy Arena / Cheryl de Boer -- Section 2 Case Studies: Impact of cc on Water (and human life) -- 9.Vulnerability of First Nations Communities in Canada to Environmental Degradation / Lalita Bhardwaj --
 
Contents note continued: 10.Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Health: Foundations for Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Nepal / Umesh Pandey -- 11.Impact of Climate Change on Human Life Due to Rains and Floods / Nisar A. Memon -- 12.Water-related Health Effects of Climate Change in Sweden / Elisabet Lindgren -- 13.Environmental Change and Water-related Health Risks: An Arctic Security Approach / Chad Michael Briggs -- 14.Climate Change and Health Impacts in Brazil: A Discussion on "hotspots" / Beatriz F. Barros -- 15.Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Human Health: Empirical Evidences from a Coastal District (Satkhira) in Bangladesh / Syed Hafizur Rahman -- 16.Rainfall Variability and its Impacts on Water Resources and Rural Health in Kumaon Himalaya, India / Bhagwati Joshi -- 17.Climate Change, Drought, and Decentralized Healthcare Response in Northeastern Brazil: The Need for Sub-national Institutional Capacity / Eduardo J. Gomez --
 
Contents note continued: 18.Climate Change and its Impacts on Water and Health Security in Mexico / Ursula Oswald Spring -- 19.Impact of Climate Change on Africa / Velma I. Grover -- 20.Implications of Climate Change and Tourism in the Mt. Everest Region in Nepal / Kumud Kafle.

Subject Term
Hydrologic cycle.
 
Fresh water -- Health aspects.
 
Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
 
Climatic changes.

Added Author
Grover, Velma I.


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