Climate Change and Public Health: Governance and Challenges - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9819508940 ISBN 13: 9789819508945

Verlag: Springer, 2025

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This book provides an overview of the correlation between climate change and public health, closely aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDG-3). It not only discusses the impacts of climate change on health but also explores how the health sector influences climate change, creating intersections between health, climate policies, and geopolitics from both global and Indian perspectives. Additionally, it covers topics such as air pollution, heat health, climate finance, and water security. From geopolitical implications to physiological impacts, it addresses the challenges posed by climate change on healthcare systems worldwide. The book is supplemented with methodologies for understanding the relationship between climate change and health, as well as designing policies to address climate and health governance.

The book is relevant for academics, policymakers, geopoliticians, climate activists, and practitioners alike, providing insights into governance, air pollution, coastal ecosystems, and cultural heritage in shaping an understanding of a sustainable future.

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Dr Helmut Brand is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Public Health, at Maastricht University, Netherlands, and the founding director of the Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. His area of academic specialization is public health medicine. He has published several articles in national and international journals and received numerous awards. 

Dr. Neethi Rao is a consultant in health systems governance, at the World Health Organization South-East Asia regional office, Delhi, India; and adjunct faculty at the Institute of Public Health. Her area of academic specialization is health systems governance, intersectoral policy, and action on health and the environment. She has published several articles in national and international journals and received numerous awards.

Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, MISHA, at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. Her area of academic specialization is climate politics, policy, and governance. She has published several articles in national and international journals and received numerous awards.

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This book provides an overview of the correlation between climate change and public health, closely aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDG-3). It not only discusses the impacts of climate change on health but also explores how the health sector influences climate change, creating intersections between health, climate policies, and geopolitics from both global and Indian perspectives. Additionally, it covers topics such as air pollution, heat health, climate finance, and water security. From geopolitical implications to physiological impacts, it addresses the challenges posed by climate change on healthcare systems worldwide. The book is supplemented with methodologies for understanding the relationship between climate change and health, as well as designing policies to address climate and health governance.

The book is relevant for academics, policymakers, geopoliticians, climate activists, and practitioners alike, providing insights into governance, air pollution, coastal ecosystems, and cultural heritage in shaping an understanding of a sustainable future.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9819508940
• ISBN 13: 9789819508945
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
• Herausgeber: Brand Helmut, Rao Neethi, Jayaram Dhanasree
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