Format:
1 online resource (494 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783030023188
Content:
Intro -- Foreword I -- Foreword II -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Chapter 1: Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Evidence Gaps -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Scope of the Book -- 1.3 Structure and Contents of the Book -- 1.3.1 Part I: Biodiversity and Physical Health -- 1.3.2 Part II: Biodiversity, Mental Health and Spiritual Well-Being -- 1.3.3 Part III: Implications of the Biodiversity and Health Relationship -- 1.3.4 Part IV: Planning and Managing Urban Green Spaces for Biodiversity and Health in a Changing Climate -- References -- Part I: Biodiversity and Physical Health -- Chapter 2: Biodiversity, Physical Health and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Recent Evidence -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Nature's Contributions to Physical Health -- 2.3 Biodiversity and Physical Health -- 2.4 Climate Change and Physical Health -- 2.5 Exploring a Subset of Interactions Through an Urban Case Study -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Climate Change and Pollen Allergies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Clinical Implications of Pollen-induced Respiratory Allergy -- 3.3 Allergenic Pollen and Epidemiology -- 3.4 Adjuvant Factors from Pollen and Impact of Environmental Factors -- 3.5 New Pollen Allergies: The Case of Ragweed -- 3.6 Climate Change Effects -- 3.7 Pollen Information Services -- 3.8 Conclusions and Future Challenges -- References -- Chapter 4: Vector-Borne Diseases -- 4.1 Triple Vulnerability: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Vector-Borne Diseases -- 4.2 Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes and Ticks -- 4.2.1 Influence of Temperature on Vector Mosquitoes and Associated Pathogens -- 4.2.2 Distributional Changes of Mosquito Vector Species -- 4.2.3 Distributional Changes of Ticks in Europe -- 4.3 Biodiversity and VBDs: The Large Unknowns.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030023171
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030023171
Language:
English
