Climate Change and Urban Health

Name: Climate Change and Urban Health
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Climate Change and Urban HealthThe Case of Hong Kong as a Subtropical City\nAuthor(s): Emily Ying Yang Chan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138385139, 978-1138385139\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a theoretical framework and related technical skills for investigating climate change and its public health consequences and responses with a focus on urban settings, and in particular Hong Kong, a subtropical metropolis in Asia. \n\nSpecifically, the book examines the impact of climate change on health in terms of mortality, hospital admissions and help-seeking, as well as key response strategies of adaptation and mitigation. Many existing books tend to consider the relationship of climate change and public health as two connected issues divided into various discrete topics. Conversely, this book explicitly applies public health concepts to study the human impact of climate change, for example, by conceptualising clima.