Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Community Resilience and Health: Summary of a Workshop (Oil Spill Prevention and Response and Deepwater Horizon) - Softcover

Gulf Research Program

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309368529 ISBN 13: 9780309368520

Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

There are many connections between human communities and their surrounding environments that influence community resilience and health in the Gulf of Mexico. The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf communities and ecosystems - coupled with the region's preexisting health challenges and environmental stressors - illustrate the need to better understand these connections. In the future, natural and man-made disasters, climate change impacts, and other environmental stressors will present complex challenges to the physical, mental, and social well-being of communities in the Gulf. Understanding the interrelationships among health, ecological, and economic impacts of disasters and other environmental stressors will be crucial to addressing these challenges.

Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Community Resilience and Health summarizes a Gulf Research Program workshop held on September 22-23, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The workshop examined opportunities to improve the health, well-being, and resilience of communities in the Gulf region through discussions with about 50 participants with diverse expertise and experience. These discussions identified perceived needs, challenges, and opportunities that align with the Gulf Research Program's mission and goals - particularly its goal to improve understanding of the connections between human health and the environment to support the development of health and resilient Gulf communities. This workshop is expected to lead to the development of additional Program activities and opportunities for the research community.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0309368529
• ISBN 13: 9780309368520
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 90
• Herausgeber: Olson Steve, Olsen Leighanne
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar