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Flood Hazards and Health |
With the tragedy of New Orleans still the focus of the world's media, this highly topical book combines rigorous analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with an appraisal of how individuals and society respond to those risks. The first detailed discussion of the global health implications of flooding and future flood risk, the book sets these findings in light of potential future increases in flood hazard as a result of climate change. The volume brings together findings from epidemiological, environmental, social, and institutional studies, with analysis rooted in an approach that emphasizes the developmental as well as environmental causes of flood risk and the socially differentiated nature of vulnerability and coping capacity.
The first part of the book sets out the scope of the issues and provides a detailed discussion of the global health impacts of floods and how humans respond to the health risks posed. The second part presents new research evidence on specific health aspects of floods covering mental health, water and sanitation, local level responses, and the responses of health systems--drawing on case study material from North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The conclusion synthesizes insights from the previous chapters and discusses priorities for policy, practice, and research. It draws out implications for present and future adaptation to flooding, and emphasizes the need to integrate action on health with the broader agenda of long-term risk reduction.
Roger Few is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK, an Affiliated Researcher of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and an ESRC Research Fellow on climatic hazards, health risk and response in developing countries.
Franziska Matthies is a Visiting Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, an Assistant Professor at the Department for International Health at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a Research Analyst for the German Advisory Council on Global Change to the Federal Government.
Contents:
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1) Flood Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Reduction—Roger Few; 2) The Health Impacts of Floods—Mike Ahern and Sari Kovats; 3) Responses to the Health Risks from Flooding—Roger Few and Franziska Matthies; 4) The Mental Health Aspects of Floods: Evidence from England and Wales—Sue Tapsell and Sylvia Tunstall; 5) The Mozambique Floods of 2000: Health Impact and Response—Sandy Cairncross and Manuel Alvarinho; 6) Coping with Floods in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam—Pham Gia Tran and Roger Few; 7) Flooding in the U.S.: Responses from Government and Medical and Public Health Sectors—Christopher A. Ohl; 8) Flood Hazards and Health: Implications for Action and Research—Roger Few, Franziska Matthies, Mike Ahern and Sari Kovats; References; Index.
"The book is thoroughly researched, highly informative, well written, and at the same time concise and easy to read."
-- Choice
“The editors have compiled a very clear and interwoven set of papers in a collection that should be of interest to those who are involved in pre- and post-flooding planning and recovery. Readers with academic interests in the social and policy aspects of flooding and health may find the research agenda useful. Members of relief organizations and government agencies may find the case studies instructive. Overall, the book stimulates thought about how far-reaching in space and time a flooding event can be. The suggestion that understanding the health effects associated with flooding be better understood is a call for a timely investment that could yield substantial benefits in the future, especially in the context of global climate change.”
-- EcoHealth
240 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", figures, tables and boxes, September 2007
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Edited by Roger Few , Franziska Matthies
Roger Few is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK, an Affiliated Researcher of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and an ESRC Research Fellow on climatic hazards, health risk and response in developing countries.
Franziska Matthies is a Visiting Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, an Assistant Professor at the Department for International Health at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a Research Analyst for the German Advisory Council on Global Change to the Federal Government.
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