Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health

• Other Authors: Heaviside, Clare (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; heat-waves; heat-related mortality; 2003; 2015; climate change; Germany; air temperature; hot days; heat waves; city; urban area types; Poznań; Poland; ambulance 999 calls; extreme weather; resource planning; London; UK; heat; mortality; adaptation; dwellings; indoor temperature; cold days; cold waves; health systems; climate adaptation; health infrastructure; rescue services; Northern Europe; disaster risk reduction; Sendai Framework; demographic change; infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; aerosolized exposures; pollen; well-being; public health; land management; patient and public involvement (PPI); land-use; El Niño Southern Oscillation; ENSO; health; climatic variability; climate-sensitive disease; workplace; heat stress; productivity loss; beta distribution; North Atlantic Oscillation; weather; emergency ambulance calls; exacerbation of essential hypertension; urban heat island; urban planning; heat resilience; climate scenarios; waterborne disease; natural environment; risks; cryptosporidiosis; cholera; leptospirosis; Legionnaires' disease; trends over time; n/a
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Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects inf...