Climate change and disease dynamics in India / edited by Nitish Dogra and Sangeet Srivastava.

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TextPublication details: 2012. TERI Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi :Description: xiv, 437 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

978819934128 (hbk.)

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23 616.988 CLI 001079

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Fundamentals Section Global environmental change Climate epidemiology Climate change attributable burden of disease Modelling for future health impacts Indian climatology in the context of human health. Evidence Section: climate extremes outcomes Thermal stress Climate disasters Sea level rise. Evidence Section: climate sensitive diseases Malnutrition Vector-borne diseases Diarrhoeal diseases Respiratory diseases Mental health Emerging and re-emerging diseases Applied Section Geographic Information System Resources and infrastructure Lifestyle Vulnerability and adaptation Economic of scaling up Health communication

Summary: Planetary health is today inextricably linked to population health. Climate change, an integral part of planetary health, is foremost among global environmental changes affecting human health. This mammoth challenge is characterized by the potential risk to cripple health systems worldwide and profoundly alter disease dynamics, thereby threatening the well-knit fabric as well as growth of society. Unfortunately, much of the evidence for these linkages has come largely from the developed world. By focusing on India, one of the significant developing countries of the global economy, Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in India aims to fill a crucial gap in the fields of climate science and public health.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	616.988 CLI 001079 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001079

Includes index.

Fundamentals Section
Global environmental change
Climate epidemiology
Climate change attributable burden of disease
Modelling for future health impacts
Indian climatology in the context of human health. Evidence Section: climate extremes outcomes
Thermal stress
Climate disasters
Sea level rise. Evidence Section: climate sensitive diseases
Malnutrition
Vector-borne diseases
Diarrhoeal diseases
Respiratory diseases
Mental health
Emerging and re-emerging diseases

Applied Section
Geographic Information System
Resources and infrastructure
Lifestyle
Vulnerability and adaptation
Economic of scaling up
Health communication

Planetary health is today inextricably linked to population health. Climate change, an integral part of planetary health, is foremost among global environmental changes affecting human health. This mammoth challenge is characterized by the potential risk to cripple health systems worldwide and profoundly alter disease dynamics, thereby threatening the well-knit fabric as well as growth of society. Unfortunately, much of the evidence for these linkages has come largely from the developed world. By focusing on India, one of the significant developing countries of the global economy, Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in India aims to fill a crucial gap in the fields of climate science and public health.

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