Cities, Climate Change, and Public Health - Building Human Resilience to Climate Change At the Local Level

This book examines how cities can use a public health frame of climate change to boost people's understanding of and concern about climate change and increase policy support for climate adaptation efforts at the local level. It also presents new tools for cities to enhance awareness of and facilitate prioritization of climate risk management choices.

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Cities, Climate Change, and Public Health; Chapter 3 Collective Climate Adaptation at the Local Level; Chapter 4 Framing Climate Change as a Public Health Issue; Chapter 5 Role- Play Simulations; Chapter 6 Digital Games; Chapter 7 Role- Play Simulations versus Digital Games; Chapter 8 Discussion and Policy Recommendations; Appendix A. Issue Framing Vignettes; Appendix B. Issue Framing Survey Questions; Appendix C. Role- Play Simulation Before- Survey Questions; Appendix D. Role- Play Simulation After- Survey Questions; Appendix E. Role- Play Simulation Facilitator Questionnaire; Appendix F. Role- Play Simulation Debriefi ng Script; Appendix G. Role- Play Simulation Post- Game Interview Questions; Appendix H. Role- Play Simulation Workshop Sample Characteristics; Appendix I. Digital Game Before- Survey Questions; Appendix J. Digital Game After- Survey Questions; Appendix K. Digital Game Post- Game Interview Questions; Appendix L. Digital Game Sample Characteristics; References; Index.

About the author

Dr. Ella Jisun Kim is at the World Bank, where she specializes in climate change and disaster risk management. She obtained her Ph.D. in environmental planning and public policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2018.

Product details

• Authors: Ella Jisun Kim, Ella Kim, Ella Jisun Kim
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781785273247
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-324-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative (AESI); Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, MEDICAL / Public Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine, Public administration / Public policy