Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia

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. 

Summary

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. 

Product details

• Assisted by: Rai Akhtar (Editor), Rais Akhtar (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2018
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
• EAN: 9783319795218
• ISBN: 978-3-31-979521-8
• Pages: 290
• Illustrations: XXV, 290 p. 65 illus., 58 illus. in color.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.6 x 23.8 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 486 g
• Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
• Subjects: B, Climate Change, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung), Umweltfaktoren in der Medizin, Environmental Studies, Environmental Health, Environmental factors, Earth and Environmental Science, Environmental medicine, Environmental Geography, Earth System Sciences, Physical geography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Climate Sciences, climate change impacts