Summary: Environmental Determinants: Climate Change And Public Health
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What are the environmental factors that affect public health?
Natural: Floods, droughts, etc
Physical: Safe water and clean air
Cultural: Dropping down trees in mountains to be able to ski
Demographic: Elderly and young people are more vulnerable groups
Economic: Industry
Political: War, Government
Sustained: Solar power
Regulatory: Legislations on climate change, policies
Technological: Electromagnetic fiels, nanotechnology, recycling. -
What are (non-health) consequences of climate change
Melting ice
Sea level rise
Changes in average temp
Extreme weather (heatwaves, floods, etc.)
Loss of biodiversity
Decreasing water availability
Heavy costs
Trees are flowering sooner -
How is evidence for climate change established?
Data collected by satelites
Measurement of sealevels, temperature, greenhouse gasses
Research -
Which institutions does especially focus on climate change and what is its role?
The Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC)
Role: Assessing climate change -
What legislations, pacts and agreements exist for climate change in Europe?
DG Clima (2010): department of the EU that focus on CC and lead negotiations about the topic
European CC Program: Limits carbon dioxide emiisions and improves energy efficiency
2030 Framework for Climate and Energy policies (2014): Reducing GHG by at least 40% -
What are health consequences of climate change?
Dehydration
Heat exhaustion
Cramps
Headaches
Dizziness
weakness
fatigue
Higher mortality rate (excess deaths occurs after the second and third day of heat wave) -
What are the most vulnerable population groups at risk?
Determinants: Age, medical condition, personal characteristics
Children
Adults with cardiovascular diseases
Elderly
Impaired cognition
With certain medication hydration
Living alone
Who live on a higher floor
Without AC
With asthma
Without a house
With chronic diseases -
What are the most vulnerable areas?
Urban areas
Urban heat islands
Low altitude regions in southern Europe and Mediterranean Europe
Buldings and roads are absorbing the heat, but green areas and concrete will save the heat.
So 4 main strategies for making areas less vulnerable:
Creating eco-roofs
Installing reflecting roofs
Using cool pavements
Increasing vegetative -
What are major influencing factors of heat waves?
Duration
Time of appearance
Humidity
Pressure trends
Geographic area
Temperature
O3 (ozone) concentration level) -
What is a vector borne disease
A disease that can only transfer from host to host with help from an organism like ticks, mosquitoes
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