About this Research Topic
Climate change is projected to negatively affect human health. The extent to which hazards posed by climate change will impact the health and well-being of individuals and communities is largely unknown. Research on the linkages among climate change and public health is still in its early stages with scholars from various disciplines exploring different aspects of this complex research frontier. Climate drivers, and exposure pathways are but two of the domains; environmental, institutional, social and behavioral perspectives are all part of the overall landscape. This complexity calls for transdisciplinary research among numerous areas of expertise: medicine, public health, engineering, sciences, policy, and big data, to name a few. Studies that elucidate one or more aspects of Climate Health are critically needed to ensure the resilience and sustainability of people and their communities.
The research topic will tackle challenges at the interface of population health, natural hazards, environmental equity and climate change. Transdisciplinary research that examines climate and health vulnerabilities, projected changes in frequency and severity of natural hazards and their direct observable impacts on human health is of interest. Strategies and data models that enable this transdisciplinary research are also of interest. As an emerging field, recent advances have been limited to public health observation studies post disaster and reporting on the health effects of natural hazards. The goal for the special issue is to go beyond and enhance the knowledge base in climate health via team science and collaborative efforts aimed at developing measures, and relationships among variables associated with climate vulnerabilities, risk exposure, and impacts on human health.
- Impacts of extreme heat on public health
- Impacts of flooding on health of individuals and communities
- Climate equity in the context of mitigation and adaptation
- Environmental Justice from a public health lens
- Better understanding of climate drivers affecting air, water, and sediment quality
- Resilience frameworks that balance resilience with climate equity and environmental justice
- Assessment of climate risks relative to health of communities
- Climate modeling approaches examining Climate Health
Type A articles: Original Research, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews
Type B articles: Community Case Study, Conceptual Analysis, Perspective, Policy Brief
The research topic will tackle challenges at the interface of population health, natural hazards, environmental equity and climate change. Transdisciplinary research that examines climate and health vulnerabilities, projected changes in frequency and severity of natural hazards and their direct observable impacts on human health is of interest. Strategies and data models that enable this transdisciplinary research are also of interest. As an emerging field, recent advances have been limited to public health observation studies post disaster and reporting on the health effects of natural hazards. The goal for the special issue is to go beyond and enhance the knowledge base in climate health via team science and collaborative efforts aimed at developing measures, and relationships among variables associated with climate vulnerabilities, risk exposure, and impacts on human health.
- Impacts of extreme heat on public health
- Impacts of flooding on health of individuals and communities
- Climate equity in the context of mitigation and adaptation
- Environmental Justice from a public health lens
- Better understanding of climate drivers affecting air, water, and sediment quality
- Resilience frameworks that balance resilience with climate equity and environmental justice
- Assessment of climate risks relative to health of communities
- Climate modeling approaches examining Climate Health
Type A articles: Original Research, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews
Type B articles: Community Case Study, Conceptual Analysis, Perspective, Policy Brief
Keywords: Climate Health, Public Health, Flooding, Climate mitigation
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