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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. ...
Level
Technical
Features
Dust Jacket, Signed
Subject
Health
ISBN
9780275998585
Book Title
Climate Chaos : Your Health at Risk, What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family
Item Length
9.2 in
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Not Available
Genre
Science, Health & Fitness, Medical
Topic
General, Global Warming & Climate Change
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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Why should we care about climate chaos and global warming? Because, among other risky outcomes, they may seriously harm our health! Scientists around the world are in agreement that global warming, more aptly named climate change, is occurring and human activity is the primary cause. The debate now is in the scientific and policy worlds about just how harmful climate change will be and what are the best ways to stop it. One of those scientists is author Cindy Parker, who believes climate change is the most health-damaging problem humanity has ever faced. Parker has thus immersed herself during the past ten years in educating the public and health professionals about how climate change will affect our well-being. Here, she and husband, Steve Shapiro, a psychologist and former journalist, describe what we can expect if climate change continues unabated. The authors explain our possible physical and mental responses to such climate change factors as heat stress, poor air quality, insufficient water resources, and the rise of infectious diseases fueled by even minor increases in temperature. They also show how other changes that may result from climate change-including sea level rise, extreme weather events, and altered food supplies can harm human health. Parker and Shapiro have found, however, that just talking about the problem is not enough. Actions that can prevent or reduce climate change's harm are presented in each chapter. To illustrate how much global warming will affect our lives, Parker and Shapiro begin their book with a chapter showing the worst-case scenario if climate change continues without intervention, and end the book with the best case scenario if we act now. Their eye-opening work will appeal to everyone who wants to remain healthy as we challenge this world-altering problem of our own making . While written for a lay audience in a manner that limits technical terminology, the book will also appeal to students and professionals of public health, medicine, environmental psychology, and science who will find the focus on health and the extensive referencing useful.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275998584
ISBN-13
9780275998585
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65777539

Product Key Features

Author
Not Available
Book Title
Climate Chaos : Your Health at Risk, What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Global Warming & Climate Change
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Health & Fitness, Medical
Number of Pages
232 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Ra793
Reviews
"Topics include a global view (greenhouse effects, sea level, speed of change), temperature, air quality, water and drought, cataclysmic events (wind, flooding), vector and infectious diseases ecology, farming and food, ecosystem health (basic ecology), and human behavior (risk perceptions, economics). Each chapter also predicts the consequences of change...The book is well referenced and at least mentions a wide array of environmental challenges...Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; general readers." -- Choice ". . . this book offers a practical guide to health issues that might arise in a warming world and advice on how to deal with them. . . . Climate Chaos offers tips for staying healthy (and alive) in the heat, as well as dealing health hazards such as air pollution, infectious diseases, and other issues that could loom in a warmer climate." -- Disaster Management and Prevention, "Topics include a global view (greenhouse effects, sea level, speed of change), temperature, air quality, water and drought, cataclysmic events (wind, flooding), vector and infectious diseases ecology, farming and food, ecosystem health (basic ecology), and human behavior (risk perceptions, economics). Each chapter also predicts the consequences of change…The book is well referenced and at least mentions a wide array of environmental challenges…Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; general readers." - Choice, "Healthy planet, healthy people. Desire for good health is one more reason to kick our fossil fuel addiction and stop global warming."- Jim Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, "Powerful, well-documented, and necessary. Global warming will do more to affect public health than any other force this century, and if you read this book you will understand both why, and how to help."- Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org Author The End of Nature, ". . . this book offers a practical guide to health issues that might arise in a warming world and advice on how to deal with them. . . . Climate Chaos offers tips for staying healthy (and alive) in the heat, as well as dealing health hazards such as air pollution, infectious diseases, and other issues that could loom in a warmer climate." - Disaster Management and Prevention, "Finally, a book that spells out in compelling detail what true health--personal and planetary--means in a 21st century dominated by global warming. If you read only one book about the climate crisis this year, this is the book."- Mike Tidwell, Author, The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities., ". . . this book offers a practical guide to health issues that might arise in a warming world and advice on how to deal with them. . . . Climate ChaoS≪/i> offers tips for staying healthy (and alive) in the heat, as well as dealing health hazards such as air pollution, infectious diseases, and other issues that could loom in a warmer climate." - Disaster Management and Prevention
Table of Content
Chapter 1: A Climate Change Tale Chapter 2: Climate Chaos: What May Come Chapter 3: Home is Getting Hotter Chapter 4: Air: Breathing Harder Chapter 5: Water: Water, Water Everywhere or Neverthere Chapter 6: Cataclysmic Events: Pounding People and the Planet Chapter 7: Infectious Disease: Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasites, Oh My Chapter 8: Food: Natures Bounty Bashed Chapter 9: Ecosystem Health: Cycles of Life or Death Chapter 10: Human Behavior: Choice to Change Chapter 11: Epilogue References Cited
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
2008-016469

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