Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia

290 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is the first to present a regional analysis of climate change and human health, focusing on geographically and socio-economically distinct countries of South and Southeast Asia. It has a major focus on India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan.  Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to human health. lt represents a range of environmental hazards and will affect populations in both the developed and developing countries. In particular, it affects the regions where the current burden of climate-sensitive diseases are high, which is the case in South and Southeast Asian countries. 

• Reihe: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Geographie Physische Geographie und Topographie
• ISBN: 9783319795218
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.09.2018
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Rais Akhtar