Flood hazards and health
Subtitle: responding to present and future risks
By: Roger Few and Franziska Matthies.
Contributors: Matthies, Franziska.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781844072156
Subjects: Floods -- Health aspects; Floods -- Psychological aspects; Global warming -- Health aspects; Global warming -- Environmental aspects; Emergency medical services; Disaster relief
Description: "Flood hazards and the risks they present to human health are an increasing concern across the globe, in terms of lives, well-being and livelihoods, and the public resources needed to plan for, and deal with, the health impacts. This book is the first detailed assessment and discussion of the global health implications of flooding and future flood risk. it combines an analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with analysis of individual and societal response to those risks, and sets these findings in light of potential future increases in flood hazard as a result of climate change."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.