Climate Change and the People's Health

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Climate change and social inequity are both sprawling, insidious forces that threaten populations around the world. It's time we start talking about them together. Climate Change and the People's Health offers a brave and ambitious new framework for understanding how our planet's two greatest existential threats comingle, complement, and amplify one another -- and what can be done to mitigate future harm. In doing so it posits three new modes of thinking:· That climate change interacts with the social determinants of health and exacerbates existing health inequities· The idea of a "consumptagenic system" -- a network of policies, processes, governance and modes of understanding that fuel unhealthy, and environmentally destructive production and consumption· The steps necessary to move from denial and inertia toward effective mobilization, including economic, social, and policy interventionsWith insights from physical science, social science, and humanities, this short book examines how climate change and social inequity are indelibly linked, and considering them together can bring about effective change in social equity, health, and the environment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-07
Mått:183 x 135 x 17 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Small Books Big Ideas in Population Heal
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190492731

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Sharon Friel, PhD, MsC, is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University. She is also Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy ANU. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia. Between 2005 and 2008 she was the Head of the Scientific Secretariat (University College London) of the World Health Organisation Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Her interests are in the political economy of health; policy, governance and regulation in relation to the social determinants of health inequities, including trade and investment, food systems, and climate change.

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The author hopes to reach public health professionals, policymakers, scientists, economists, etc., who would be interested in collaborating in an integrated way to address the problems of health inequities brought about by climate change. This book will provide a scientific foundation for such collaboration and would also make an excellent complementary textbook to public health and sociology courses that deal with environmental health, climate change, and social inequity and health determinants. It is also a useful guide for those in urban planning and organizations working on reducing the impact of climate change on society.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Dedication Foreword by Nancy Krieger 1. Climate Change, Global Justice, and Health Inequities 2. It's a Consumptagenic World: Producing Climate Change, Exacerbating Health Inequities 3. Challenges and Future Prospects About the Author References Index