1. Introduction.-2. Assessment of Warming Projections and Probabilities for Brazil -- 3. Agricultural Sector -- 4. Health Sector -- 5. Biodiversity Sector -- 6. Energy Sector -- 7. Final Remarks and Recommendations -- Glossary.This book maps extreme temperature increase under dangerous climate change scenarios in Brazil and their impacts on four key sectors: agriculture, health, biodiversity an…
Chapter 1: Ecohealth and human ecology as underlying theoretical background -- Chapter 2: Health impact of urban physicochemical environment considering the mobility of the people -- Chapter 3: Population mobility modeling based on call detail records of mobile phones for heat exposure assessment in Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Chapter 4: Air pollution and children’s health: Living in urban areas in …
Part1. The utility of the Exposome Paradigm -- Chapter1. Using Exposomics to assess cumulative risks from multiple environmental stressors -- Chapter2. Sequencing the Public Health Exosome -- Chapter3. The US Military and the Exposome -- Chapter4. Framing Fetal and Early Life Exposome within Epidemiology -- Part2. Measuring the internal exposome -- Chapter5. Epigenetics and the exposome -- Chap…
Introduction -- Section 1: Biodiversity and physical health -- Section 2: Biodiversity and mental wellbeing -- Section 3: Biodiversity and social wellbeing -- Section 4: Implications of the biodiversity and health relationship -- Section 5: Planning and managing urban green spaces for biodiversity and health in a changing climate.Open AccessThis open access book identifies and discusses biodi…
River Health Assessment -- Improving River Health Through Mitigation and Monitoring -- Transboundary Environmental Effects of Hydropower -- Changes In Women’s Livelihood In Areas Affected By Hydropower Projects -- Case Study: Experience Sharing in Laos -- Synthesis.This book assesses river health in the Lancang River Basin with regard to the impacts of hydropower projects. It studies key comp…
Introduction -- Section I: Foundations of Environmental Health Literacy -- Defining Environmental Health Literacy -- Measuring Environmental Health Literacy -- Communications Research in the Environmental Health Sciences -- Section II: Raising EHL in the Research Context among Diverse Audiences -- Engaging with Ethnically Diverse Community Groups -- Advancing Environmental Health Literacy throu…
1. Introduction -- 2. Integrated ecological survey of the tailing ponds KOSHKAR-ATA -- 3. Brief results of monitoring in the tailing pond area in 2008.This book presents a comprehensive study of the environmental situation prevailing in the areas located near the Koshkar-Ata (Kazakhstan) tailings dump and the development of rehabilitation measures taking into account the area’s soil and clima…
1. Introduction to urban stormwater – A global perspective -- 2. Stormwater harvesting and flood mitigation – A UK perspective -- 3. Urban Water Quality -- 4. Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) -- 5. Recycling and treatment of water under urban intensification -- 6. Storm Water Harvesting -- 7. Urban Stormwater & Flood Management -- 8. Biodiversity and ecosystem services in relation to the…