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Climate Change and Global Health

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Effects

by Dr Kerryn Higgs, Ågot Aakra, Khaled Abass, Robyn Alders, Kofi Amegah, Janetrix Hellen Amuguni, Gulrez Shah Azhar, Katherine Barraclough, Barbara Berner0, Alex Blum1, Justin Borevitz2, Menno Bouma3, Devin C. Bowles4, Mark Braidwood5, Anne Lise Brantsæter6, Cyril Caminade7, Katrina Charles8, Fiona Charlson9, Moumita Sett Chatterjee0, Matthew Chersich1, Rebecca Colvin2, Namukolo Covic3, Christopher B Daniels4, Richard Dennis5, Cybele Dey6, Hubert Dirven7, Yuming Guo8, Tari Haahtela9, Ivan C Hanigan0, Andrew Harmer1, Budi Haryanto2, Susanne Hyllestad3, Christine Instanes4, Ruth Irwin5, Ollie Jay6, Solveig Jore7, Ke Ju8, Tord Kjellstrom9, Marit Låg0, Jason KW Lee1, Shanshan Li2, Irakli Loladze3, Rosemary A. McFarlane4, Martin McKee5, Helle Margrete Meltzer6, Glen Mola7, Andy Morse8, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem9, Dr Nicholas H. Ogden0, Johan Øvrevik1, Rebecca Patrick2, Rezanur Rahaman3, Delia Randolph4, Shilpa Rao5, Arja Rautio6, Mary Robinson7, Tilman Ruff8, Subhashis Sahu9, Jonathan Samet0, Photini Sinnis1, Julie P Smith2, Jessica Stanhope3, Will Steffen4, Peter Stoett5, Stewart Sutherland6, Cathrine Thomsen7, Collin Tukuitonga8, May van Schalkwyk9, Gro Dehli Villanger0, Sue Wareham1, Philip Weinstein2, Bo Wen3, Robert White4, Kirsty Wild5, Kate Wingett6, Alistair Woodward7, Caradee Y. Wright8, Yao Wu9, Pei Yu0 ...

There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, ... Read more

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There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international,
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Women and smallholder farming

Addressing global inequities in agriculture

by Caroline Muchiri, Dr Els Lecoutere, Dr Nicoline de Haan, Ms Rhiannon Pyburn, Dr Julie Newton, Dr Margaret Alston, Dr Zhaoen Pan, Dr Brenda Boonabaana, Dr Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi, Dr Losira Nasirumbi Sanya, Dr Susan Namirembe Kavuma, Dr Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Dr Pius Okello, Dr Laura Meinzen-Dick, Dr Nargiza Ludgate, Dr Nozomi Kawarazuka, Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vu Xuan Thai, Emerita Professor Janet Momsen, Ms Dina Najjar, Dr Angie Carter, Dr Prisca Pfammatter, Dr Michaela Hoffelmeyer, Dr Hannah Whitley, Ms Veronica Kaitano, Dr Vincent Achikulire Kaitano, Dr Jemima Nomunume Baada, Prof. Kathleen Earl Colverson, Arati Joshi, Fallon Y Riaño J, Steven Franzel, Dr Girma Gezimu Gebre, Dr Stefan Sieber, Dr Diana E. Lopez, Dr Ekaterina Gualoto, Dr M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Dr Krista Jacobs, Dr Caitlin Kieran, Dr Tatiana Gumucio, Dr Nayna Jhaveri, Dr Stephanie Buechler, Dr Sandra Nereida Barrera Galvis, Dr Magnolia Longo, Dr Francis Denisse McClean, Arie Sanders, Dr Alissa Bilfield, Dr Marlène Elias, Gloria Adeyiga, Elisabeth Simelton, Yovita Ivanova, Ana Maria Paez Valencia, Barbara Vinceti, Tim Pagella, Ms Rosemirta Birungi, Dr Florence Kyazze Birungi, Dr Frank B. Matsiko, Dr Justine Nambi-Kasozi, Dr Maria Jones, Dr Woldegebrial Zeweld, Dr Dawit Gebregziabher, Ms Brigitte Bagnol, Dr Catherine Kaluwa, Dr Jemimah Oduma, Dr Tevin Konde, Dr Angela Opondoh, Dr Diana Muta, Dr Meghan Stanley, Dr Marieke Rosenbaum, Dr Hellen Amuguni, Dr Robyn Alders ...

Series Book 163 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview ... Read more

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There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview
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One Planet, One Health

by Dr Obijiofor Aginam, Associate Professor Robyn Alders, Kerry Arabena, Conor Ashleigh, Dr Brigitte Bagnol, Associate Professor Kirsten Black, Yngve Braaten, Sean CP Coogan, Professor Angus Dawson, Dr Chris Degeling, Professor Stanley Fenwick, Professor Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Professor David Guest, Dr Grant Hill-Cawthorne, Lenny Hogerwerf, Professor Martyn Jeggo, Tammi Jonas, Professor Richard Kock, Jess Hall, Anna Laven, John S Mackenzie, Professor Ben Marais, Peter McMahon, Dr Peter Massey, Paul Memmott, Dr Siobhan Mor, Nunung Nuryartono, Professor David Raubenheimer, Dr Darryl Stellmach, Grant Vinning, Dr Robert Wallace, Dr Anke K Wiethoelter ...

Series series Public and Social Policy Series
One Planet, One Health provides a multidisciplinary reflection on the state of our planet, human and animal health, as well as the critical effects of climate change on the environment and on people. Climate change is already affecting many poor communities and traditional aid programs have achieved relatively small gains. Going beyond the narrow disciplinary lens and an exclusive focus on human ... Read more

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One Planet, One Health provides a multidisciplinary reflection on the state of our planet, human and animal health, as well as the critical effects of climate change on the environment and on people. Climate change is already affecting many poor communities and traditional aid programs have achieved relatively small gains. Going beyond the narrow disciplinary lens and an exclusive focus on human
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Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1

Safety, quality and sustainability

by Issmat I. Kassem, Dr Gireesh Rajashekara, Navam S. Hettiarachchy, Estefania Novoa Rama, Dr Manpreet Singh, Dr Janne Lundén, Ana Luisa Renteria-Monterrubio, Dr Alma Delia Alarcon-Rojo, Lisa K. Williams, Prof. Ivar Vågsholm, Jun Lin0, Sandra Diaz-Sanchez1, Xiang Liu2, Dr Irene Hanning3, Prof. Michael A. Grashorn4, Prof. M. S. Lilburn5, Prof Cheorun Jo6, Dr Dinesh Jayasena7, KiChang Nam8, Prof. Tom J. Humphrey9, Eun Joo Lee0, Prof. Dong Ahn1, Yuan H. Brad Kim2, Dr Iksoon Kang3, Dr Arthur Hinton Jr4, Dr Ilkka Leinonen5, Hector E. Leyva-Jimenez6, Prof. Christopher A. Bailey7, E. J. Van Loo8, R. Morawicki9, Dr Sabrina Vandeplas0, D. Luján-Rhenals1, Prof. Robert Pym2, Aishwarya Pradeep Rao3, Jungsoo Joo4, Dr Debabrata Biswas5, Isaac P. Kashoma6, Yosra A. Helmy7, Dr R. Michael Hulet8, Dr A.V.S. Perumalla9, Dr Robyn Alders0, Professor Steven C. Ricke2 ...

Series Book 13 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouseSummarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life and nutritional qualityDiscusses developments in measuring and reducing the environmental impact of ... Read more

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Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouseSummarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life and nutritional qualityDiscusses developments in measuring and reducing the environmental impact of
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Cool It

by Bjorn Lomborg ...

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world’s temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-effective approaches ... Read more

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Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world’s temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-effective approaches
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Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Edited by Jeremiah O. Asaka, Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies.Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as ... Read more

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This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies.Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as
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The Skeptical Environmentalist

Measuring the Real State of the World

by Bjørn Lomborg ...

The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research ... Read more

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The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research
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Biodiversity Change and Human Health

From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease

by Scope ...

Series series SCOPE Series
Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural ... Read more

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Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural
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From Poverty to Power

by Duncan Green ...

This new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises. From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. ... Read more

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This new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises. From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality.
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Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Development

Edited by Margaret B. Holland, Yuta J. Masuda, Brian E. Robinson ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This open access book presents a nuanced and accessible synthesis of the relationship between land tenure security and sustainable development. Contributing authors have collectively worked for decades on land tenure as connected with conservation and development across all major regions of the globe. The first section of this volume is intended as a standalone primer on land tenure security and ... Read more

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This open access book presents a nuanced and accessible synthesis of the relationship between land tenure security and sustainable development. Contributing authors have collectively worked for decades on land tenure as connected with conservation and development across all major regions of the globe. The first section of this volume is intended as a standalone primer on land tenure security and
... Read more
Planetary Health

Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

by Andy Haines, Howard Frumkin ...

We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It ... Read more

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We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It
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Pathways to African Food Security

Challenges, Threats and Opportunities towards 2050

Edited by Michiel de Haas, Ken E. Giller ...

Series series Earthscan Food and Agriculture
This book examines Africa’s current food system and future challenges for food security over the next 25 years.Africa is on the rise and by 2050, the continent will be home to a quarter of the world’s population. The analysis presented in this book clearly shows that the African food system needs to transform at a much faster pace to ensure that the people it serves are food secure. This book ... Read more

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This book examines Africa’s current food system and future challenges for food security over the next 25 years.Africa is on the rise and by 2050, the continent will be home to a quarter of the world’s population. The analysis presented in this book clearly shows that the African food system needs to transform at a much faster pace to ensure that the people it serves are food secure. This book
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