Call number:
9783319613468 (e-book)
Description / Table of Contents:
This book discusses regional and international climate-change, air- pollution and human-health scenarios. The research, from both industrialized and developing countries, focuses on region-specific perspectives of climate change impacts on air pollution. After analyzing the variations of climate data over recent decades, the authors consider the different effects of climate change on air pollution and health. As stressed by the IPCC, “pollen, smoke and ozone levels are likely to increase in a warming world, affecting the health of residents of major cities. Rising temperatures will worsen air quality through a combination of more ozone in cities, bigger wild fires and worse pollen outbreaks,” according to a major UN climate report. The report follows the World Health Organization in finding that air pollution is the world’s greatest environmental health risk, killing 7 million people in 2014 (compared to 0.4 million deaths due to malaria). Deteriorating air quality will most affect the elderly, children, people with chronic ill-health and expectant mothers. Another report suggests that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely each year due to air pollution with over half of those deaths occurring in China and India. A study on the air pollution in the USA,suggests that more than half of US population lives in areas with potentially dangerous air pollution, and about six out of 10 of the top cities for air pollution in the USA are located in the state of California. In the face of future climate change, scientists have urged stronger emission controls to avoid worsening air pollution and the associated exacerbation of health problems, especially in more populated regions of the world. It is hoped that the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement will help minimize air pollution. Additionally the authors consider the various measures that different countries and groups of countries, like the European Union, have adopted to mitigate the problems arising from climate change and to safeguard the health of population. The book examines the increasing incidence of diseases largely caused by climate change. The countries/regions covered in this study include the USA, Northern Europe (U.K).,Southern Europe ( Italy), Canada, Australia, East Asia, Russia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Caribbean countries, and Argentina.
Type of Medium:
12
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 430 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9783319613468
,
978-3-319-61346-8
ISSN:
2352-0698
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2352-0701
Series Statement:
Springer Climate
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-61346-8
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Part I Introductory
1 Climate Change and Air Pollution: An Introduction / Rais Akhtar and Cosimo Palagiano
2 Air Quality in Changing Climate: Implications for Health Impacts / Sourangsu Chowdhury and Sagnik Dey
3 International Conferences on Sustainable Development and Climate from Rio de Janeiro to Paris / Giovanni De Santis and Claudia Bortone
4 COP21 in Paris: Politics of Climate Change / Rais Akhtar
Part II Case Studies: Developed Countries/Regions
5 Climate Change Impacts on Air Pollution in Northern Europe / Ruth M. Doherty and Fiona M. O’Connor
6 The Impact of Climate Change and Air Pollution in the Southern European Countries / Cosimo Palagiano and Rossella Belluso
7 Canada: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health / Stefania Bertazzon and Fox Underwood
8 Climate Change, Forest Fires, and Health in California / Ricardo Cisneros, Don Schweizer, Leland (Lee) Tarnay, Kathleen Navarro, David Veloz, and C. Trent Procter
9 Air Pollution and Climate Change in Australia: A Triple Burden / Colin D. Butler and James Whelan
10 Epidemiological Consequences of Climate Change (with Special Reference to Malaria in Russia) / Svetlana M. Malkhazova, Natalia V. Shartova, and Varvara A. Mironova
11 Climate Change and Projections of Temperature-Related Mortality / Dmitry Shaposhnikov and Boris Revich
12 Climate Change and Air Quality in Southeastern China: Hong Kong Study / Yun Fat Lam
Part III Case Studies: Developing Countries/Regions
13 Trends and Seasonal Variations of Climate, Air Quality, and Mortality in Three Major Cities in Taiwan / Mei-Hui Li
14 Climate Change and Urban Air Pollution Health Impacts in Indonesia / Budi Haryanto
15 Climate Change and Air Pollution in Malaysia / Nasrin Aghamohammadi and Marzuki Isahak
16 Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Human Health in Bangkok / Uma Langkulsen and Desire Rwodzi
17 Climate Change, Air Pollution and Human Health in Delhi, India / Hem H. Dholakia and Amit Garg
18 Climate Change and Air Pollution in Mumbai / S. Siva Raju and Khushboo Ahire
19 Climate Change and Air Pollution in East Asia: Taking Transboundary Air Pollution into Account / Ken Yamashita and Yasushi Honda
20 Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health in South Africa / Eugene Cairncross, Aqiel Dalvie, Rico Euripidou, James Irlam, and Rajen Nithiseelan Naidoo
21 The Impact of Climate Change and Air Pollution on the Caribbean / Muge Akpinar-Elci and Olaniyi Olayinka
22 Compounding Factors: Air Pollution and Climate Variability in Mexico City / Marı´a Eugenia Ibarrara´n, Iva´n Islas, and Jose´ Abraham Ortı´nez
23 Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Human Health in Brazil / Ju´lia Alves Menezes, Carina Margonari, Rhavena Barbosa Santos, and Ulisses Confalonieri
24 Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Infectious Diseases: A New Epidemiological Scenario in Argentina / Daniel Oscar Lipp
Part IV Conclusion
25 Summary and Conclusion / Rais Akhtar and Cosimo Palagiano
Index
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