Research Catalog

Title

Extreme weather events and public health responses / W. Kirch, B. Menne, R. Bertolini, editors.

Publication

New York, NY : Springer, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Kirch, Wilhelm.
• Menne, B. (Bettina)
• Bertollini, Roberto.

Description

xlv, 303 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Public Health
• Environment
• Europe
• Temperature
• Weather
• Congress
• Smog > Health aspects > Europe > Congresses
• Floods > Health aspects > Europe > Congresses
• Climate
• Heat waves (Meteorology) > Health aspects > Europe > Congresses
• Medical climatology > Europe > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Rudolf Zajac -- Foreword / Karin Zaunberger -- Preface / Wilhelm Kirch -- Preface / Jacqueline McGlade and Roberto Bertollini -- Editorial / W. Kirch -- Extreme weather events and health : an ancient new story / B. Menne -- 1. The climate dilemma / A. Navarra -- 2. Projected changes in extreme weather and climate events in Europe? / G. R. McGregor, C. A. T. Ferro and D. B. Stephenson -- 3. Is the frequency and intensity of flooding changing in Europe / Z. W. Kundzewicz -- 4. Bio-climatological aspects of summer 2003 over France / J.-C. Cohen, J.-M. Veysseire and P. Bessemoulin -- 5. Improving public health responses to extreme weather events / K. L. Ebi -- 6. Cold extremes and impacts on health / J. Hassi -- 7. Temperature regulation, heat balance and climatic stress / G. Havenith -- 8. Health impact of the 2003 heat wave in France / S. Vandentorren and P. Empereur-Bissonnet -- 9. Portugal, summer 2003 mortality : the heat waves influence / R. M. D. Calado, J. S. Botelho, J. Catarino and M. Carreira -- 10. The effects of temperature and heat waves on daily mortality in Budapest, Hungary, 1970-2000 / A. Paldy, J. Bobvos, A. Vamos, R. S. Kovats and S. Hajat -- 11. Epidemiologic study of mortality during summer 2003 in Italian regional capitals : results of a rapid survey / S. Conti, P. Meli, G. Minelli, R. Solimini, V. Toccaceli, M. Vichi, M. C. Beltrano and L. Perini -- 12. Heat waves in Italy : cause specific mortality and the role of educational level and socio-economic conditions / P. Michelozzi, F. de'Donato, L. Bisanti, A. Russo, E. Cadum, M. DeMaria, M. D'Ovidio, G. Costa and C. A. Perucci -- 13. Lessons of the 2003 heat wave in France and action taken to limit the effects of future heat waves / T. Michelon, P. Magne and F. Simon-Delavelle -- 14. Examples of heat health warning systems : Lisbon's ICARO's surveillance system, summer of 2003 / P. J. Nogueira -- 15. Lessons from the heat wave epidemic in France (summer 2003) / L. Abenhaim -- 16. How Toronto and Montreal (Canada) respond to heat / T. Kosatsky, N. King and B. Henry -- 17. Lessons to be learned from the 2002 floods in Dresden, Germany / D. Meusel and W. Kirch -- 18. The human health consequences of flooding in Europe : a review / S. Hajat, K. L. Ebi, R. S. Kovats, B. Menne, S. Edwards and A. Haines -- 19. Mortality in flood disasters / Z. W. Kundzewicz and W. J. Kundzewicz -- 20. Key policy implications of the health effects of floods / E. Penning-Rowsell, S. Tapsell and T. Wilson -- 21. Learning from experience : evolving responses to flooding events in the United Kingdom / M. McKenzie Hedger -- 22. Extreme weather events in Bulgaria for the period 2001-2003 and responses to address them / R. Chakurova and L. Ivanov -- 23. 2002 - a year of calamities - the Romanian experience / A. Cristea -- 24. A system of medical service to assist the population of Uzbekistan in the case of natural catastrophes / A. A. Khadjibayev and E. M. Borisova -- 25. Moscow smog of summer 2002 : evaluation of adverse health effects / V. Kislitsin, S. Novikov and N. Skvortsova -- 26. Extreme weather events : what can we do to prevent health impacts? / B. Menne -- 27. "Public health response to extreme weather and climate events" : working paper of the 4th Ministerial Conference for Environment and Health, Budapest, June 2004 -- 28. Currently ongoing study on health effects of extreme weather events : the follow-up programme on the influence of meteorological changes upon cardiac patients / I. Heim.

ISBN

3540244174 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005921906

OCLC

• ocm62536897
• SCSB-5237576

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries