Extreme weather, health, and communities : interdisciplinary engagement strategies / Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, William A. Sprigg, editors.

Date:
[2016]
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This volume presents a unique interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise in both the natural and social sciences. A primary goal is to present a scientific and socially integrated perspective on place-based community engagement, extreme weather, and health. Each year extreme weather is leading to natural disasters around the world and exerting huge social and health costs. The International Monetary Fund (2012) estimates that since 2010, 700 worldwide natural disasters have affected more than 450 million people around the globe. The best coping strategy for extreme weather and environmental change is a strong offense. Communities armed with a spatial understanding of their resources, risks, strengths, weaknesses, community capabilities, and social networks will have the best chance of reducing losses and achieving a better outcome when extreme weather and disaster strikes.

Publication/Creation

Switzerland : Springer, [2016]

Physical description

xxi, 388 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm.

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Contents

Extreme weather, health, and communities : why consider the connections? / William A. Sprigg ; Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg -- Superstorm Sandy : a game changer? / David A. Robinson -- Extreme weather : politics and public communication / Michael A. Moodian ; Margaret M. Moodian -- Dust storms, human health and a global warning system / William A. Sprigg -- Interdisciplinary engagement of people and place around extreme weather / Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg -- Engaging communities to assess the health effects of extreme weather in the Arctic / David Driscoll ; George Luber -- Refining the process of science support for communities around extreme weather events and climate impacts / Kristina J. Peterson ; Shirley B. Laska ; Rosina Philippe ; Olivia Burchett Porter ; Richard L. Krajeski ; Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg ; William A. Sprigg -- Reducing vulnerability to extreme heat through interdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement / Olga Wilhelmi ; Mary Hayden -- Sociospatial modeling for climate-based emergencies : extreme heat vulnerability index / Austin C. Stanforth ; Daniel P. Johnson -- Drought and health in the context of public engagement / Nicole Wall ; Michael Hayes -- Extreme weather : mental health challenges and community response strategies / Jyotsana Shukla -- Extreme winter : weaving weather and climate into a narrative through Laura Ingalls Wilder / Barbara Mayes Boustead -- The air we breathe : how extreme weather conditions harm us / Mary M. Prunicki ; Kari C. Nadeau -- Human response to and consequences of he May 22, 2011, Joplin Tornado / Erica D. Kuligowski ; Franklin T. Lombardo ; Long T. Phan -- Approaches for building community resilience to extreme heat / Peter Berry ; Gregory R.A. Richardson.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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    History of Medicine
    WB700 2016E96
    		Open shelves

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  • 3319306243
  • 9783319306247