| 書目名稱 | Extreme Weather Events and Human Health | | 副標(biāo)題 | International Case S | | 編輯 | Rais Akhtar | | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/321/320069/320069.mp4 | | 概述 | Is the first book discussing the impacts of extreme weather events covering all continents.Includes case studies from both developed and developing countries.Describes various adaptation strategies as | | 圖書封面 |  | | 描述 | .This edited book assesses the impacts of various extreme weather events on human health and development from a global perspective, and includes several case studies in various geographical regions around the globe.?.Covering all continents, it describes the impact of extreme weather conditions such as flash floods, heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires, strong winds and storms in both developing and developed countries. The contributing authors also investigate the spread of diseases and the risk to food security caused by drought and flooding.?..Further, the book discusses the economic damage resulting from natural disasters including hurricanes. It has been estimated that in 2017 natural disasters and climate change resulted in economic losses of 309 billion US dollars. Scientists also predict that if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, in Europe the death toll due to weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of the21st century, with extreme heat alone causing more than 150,000 deaths a year, as the report on global warming of 1.5°C warns that China, Russia and Canada’s current climate policies would steer the world above a catastrophic 5°C of wa | | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | | 關(guān)鍵詞 | Heat Waves; Human Health Scenarios; Weather Disasters; Climate Change in Developing Countries; Climate C | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23773-8 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-23775-2 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-23773-8 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 |
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