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Format: 1 online resource (494 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9783030023188

Note: 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 , 4.3.1 Pathogen Diversity -- 4.3.2 Vector Diversity -- 4.3.3 Host Diversity -- 4.4 How to Manage VBDs? -- 4.4.1 Chemical Insecticides -- 4.4.2 Biological Insecticides -- 4.4.3 New Genetic Tools in Vector Control -- 4.4.4 Sustainable Control Programs -- 4.5 Responses to VBDs Along with Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change -- 4.5.1 Target the Complexity -- 4.5.2 Interconnecting People and Knowledge -- 4.5.3 Policy Options -- References -- Chapter 5: The Influence of Socio-economic and Socio-demographic Factors in the Association Between Urban Green Space and Health -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Methods -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Mental Health and General Health -- 5.3.2 Birth Outcome -- 5.3.3 Overweight -- 5.3.4 Physical Activity, Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality -- 5.3.5 Green Space Metrics, Buffers and Data Used -- 5.3.6 Confounding Factors -- 5.4 Discussion -- 5.4.1 Urban Green Space and Health Outcomes in Relation to Socio-demographic and Socio-economic Confounders -- 5.4.2 Implications for Urban Policy and Planning -- 5.4.3 Directions for Future Research -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Green Spaces and Child Health and Development -- 6.1 Potential Mechanisms -- 6.2 Pregnancy and Childhood as Important Windows of Vulnerability -- 6.3 Pregnancy Outcomes and Complications -- 6.4 Brain Development -- 6.5 Respiratory and Allergic Conditions -- 6.6 Cardiometabolic Risk Factors -- 6.7 Final Remarks -- References -- Part II: Biodiversity, Mental Health and Spiritual Well-being -- Chapter 7: Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity and Mental Well-being Relationships -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Environmental Preference -- 7.2.1 Aesthetic Model of Preferences -- 7.2.2 Preference Matrix -- 7.2.2.1 Connection to Biodiversity in the Preference Matrix -- 7.2.3 Fractal Geometry and Visual Fluency -- 7.2.3.1 Connection to Biodiversity with Fractals , 7.2.3.2 Fractal Dimension and Preference -- 7.2.3.3 Fractal Dimension and Restorative Outcomes -- 7.2.4 Biophilia Hypothesis -- 7.2.4.1 Connection to Biodiversity in the Biophilia Hypothesis -- 7.3 Theories of Restorative Environments -- 7.3.1 Stress Reduction Theory (SRT) -- 7.3.1.1 Connection to Biodiversity in the SRT -- 7.3.2 Attention Restoration Theory (ART) -- 7.3.2.1 Connection to Biodiversity in the ART -- 7.4 Ecosystem Services Cascade Model -- 7.4.1 Connection to Health and Well-being in the Ecosystem Service Cascade Model -- 7.5 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 8: Biodiversity in the Context of 'Biodiversity - Mental Health' Research -- 8.1 Key Concepts -- 8.1.1 Biodiversity -- 8.1.2 Mental Health and Well-Being -- 8.1.3 Linking Biodiversity to Mental Health: Research Questions and Conceptual Model -- 8.2 Measurement of Biodiversity -- 8.2.1 Characteristics of Nature in General -- 8.2.2 The Object to Be Assessed: The Biodiversity of What? -- 8.2.3 How to Measure Distance? -- 8.2.4 Aggregating Biodiversity Across Different Areas -- 8.2.5 Type of Access Metric -- 8.2.6 Actual Versus Perceived Biodiversity -- 8.2.7 Access Versus Exposure, and Type of Contact -- 8.2.8 Mediators, Confounders and Covariates -- 8.3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 9: Review of the Mental Health and Well-being Benefits of Biodiversity -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Methods -- 9.2.1 Literature Review -- 9.2.2 Characteristics of the Recent Literature -- 9.2.3 Synthesis of Results -- 9.3 Results -- 9.3.1 Characteristics of the Recent Literature, Published Since Lovell et al.'s (2014) Review, Relating Biodiversity to Mental Health and Well-being -- 9.3.1.1 Spatial Scale -- 9.3.1.2 Participants -- 9.3.1.3 Theoretical Position -- 9.3.1.4 Biodiversity Assessment -- 9.3.1.5 Mental Health and Well-being Assessment , 9.3.1.6 Type of Contact with the Biodiverse Environment -- 9.3.1.7 Moderation Analyses -- 9.3.1.8 Mediation Analyses -- 9.3.2 Synthesis of the Results from the Combined Published Literature on Biodiversity and Mental Health and Well-being Relationships -- 9.3.2.1 Pattern of Results -- Mental Health and Well-being Outcomes -- Ecosystems/Habitats -- Species Richness -- Perceived Species Richness -- Abundance of Specific Taxonomic Groups -- Single Species -- 9.4 Discussion -- 9.4.1 Concluding Observations -- Appendix: Search Terms Used in Web of Science -- References -- Chapter 10: Biodiversity and Spiritual Well-being -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Our Approach -- 10.1.2 Our Biases -- 10.1.3 Chapter Structure -- 10.2 Defining Spiritual Well-Being -- 10.3 Themes Within the Literature -- 10.3.1 Influence of Spiritual Traditions on Biodiversity -- 10.3.1.1 Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs and Practices -- 10.3.1.2 World Religions and Alternative Spiritualities -- 10.3.1.3 Nature Spirituality -- 10.3.2 Sacred Places as Repositories of Biodiversity -- 10.3.3 Spiritual Domain Within Ecosystem Services -- 10.3.4 Effects of Biodiversity on Spiritual Well-Being -- 10.3.4.1 Spiritual Outcomes from Wilderness Recreation -- 10.3.4.2 Heintzman's Model Connecting Nature-Based Recreation and Spirituality -- 10.3.4.3 Setting Component -- 10.3.4.4 Parallel Measurement of Biodiversity and Spiritual Well-Being -- 10.4 Discussion -- 10.4.1 Conceptualising Relationships -- 10.4.2 Measurement of Key Constructs -- 10.4.2.1 Spiritual Well-Being -- 10.4.2.2 Measuring Biodiversity -- 10.4.3 Future Directions for Research on Biodiversity's Effect on Spiritual Well-Being -- 10.5 Implications and Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Implications of the Biodiversity and Health Relationship , Chapter 11: Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Implications for Public Health -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.1.1 Chapter Overview -- 11.2 Overview of Associations Between Public Health and Biodiversity -- 11.2.1 Food, Nutrition and Clean Water Supply -- 11.2.2 Environmental Stress -- 11.2.3 Aesthetic Appreciation and Spiritual Well-being -- 11.2.4 Socio-cultural Well-being -- 11.2.5 Health Behaviour Including the Promotion of Physical Activity -- 11.2.6 Mental Health -- 11.2.7 Physical Health - Infectious Disease (Disease/Pathogen Reduction) -- 11.2.8 Physical Health - Non-Communicable Disease -- 11.3 The Role of Public Health in Lobbying for Protecting Biodiversity -- 11.4 Public Health Action at a Local Level -- 11.4.1 Towards an Emerging Salutogenic Paradigm? -- 11.5 Use of Biodiverse Natural Environments to Reduce Inequalities in Health -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Biodiversity and Health: Implications for Conservation -- 12.1 Green Spaces Managed Primarily for People -- 12.2 Green Spaces Managed Primarily for Biodiversity -- 12.3 Moving Forward with Green Spaces Planned for Both People and Biodiversity -- 12.4 Experiencing Nature to Promote Conservation -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Supporting Behavioural Entrepreneurs: Using the Biodiversity-Health Relationship to Help Citizens Self-Initiate Sustainability Behaviour -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 New Biophysical Context -- 13.2.1 Surplus Energy Decline -- 13.2.2 Climate Disruption -- 13.3 New Behavioural Context -- 13.3.1 A Predicament, Not a Problem -- 13.3.2 Changing Multiple Behaviours -- 13.3.3 Cannot Know the Behaviours Needed -- 13.4 New Form of Intervention -- 13.4.1 Small Experiments -- 13.4.2 Behavioural Entrepreneurship -- 13.5 Capacities-First Approach -- 13.5.1 Needed Future Capacities -- 13.5.2 Supporting Capacity Building , 13.6 Conclusion

Additional Edition: Print version Marselle, Melissa R. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2019 ISBN 9783030023171

Language: English

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