Climate change and urban health : the case of Hong Kong as a subtropical city / Emily Ying Yang Chan.

Main entry:

Chan, Emily Ying Yang, author.

Title & Author:

Climate change and urban health : the case of Hong Kong as a subtropical city / Emily Ying Yang Chan.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Description:

xxiii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Routledge studies in environment and health

Notes:
"Earthscan from Routledge"--Title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health impact of climate change : an overview -- Principles of health, public health and climate change -- Climate change impact on disease and health -- Climate change and disasters -- Research methodology I : climate and health outcome modelling -- Research methodology II : climate and human behavioural model -- The case of Hong Kong -- Health impact of extreme temperature and heat island effect on mortality -- Temperature impact on general and communicable disease-related morbidities -- Temperature and non-communicable disease hospitalisation -- Climate change behavioural adaptation I : help-seeking and information-seeking behaviours under extreme climate events -- Climate change behavioural adaptation II : bottom-up approach of community risk perception and self-help behaviours under extreme climate events -- Climate change mitigation, policies, research gaps and next steps.

ISBN:

9780367729363 paperback
9781138385139 hardback
1138385131 hardback
electronic book
9780429427312
electronic publication
9780429763601
9780429763618
Mobipocket electronic book
9780429763595
0367729369 paperback

Subject:

Medical climatology China Hong Kong.
Climatic changes Health aspects China Hong Kong.
Human beings Effect of climate on China Hong Kong.
Climatic changes.
Urban health.
Weather.
City dwellers.
Climate Change
Urban Health
Urban Population
Climatologie médicale Chine Hongkong.
Êtres humains Influence du climat Chine Hongkong.
Climat Changements.
Santé urbaine.
Temps (Météorologie)
Citadins.
climate change.
weather.
Climatic changes Health aspects
Climatology
Human beings Effect of climate on
Medical climatology
Hong Kong (China) Climate.
Hong Kong
China Hong Kong

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Routledge studies in environment and health.

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