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Editors |
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Series Preface |
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Foreword |
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1 Introduction |
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2 Precipitation and Temperature Extremes in a Changing Climate |
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2.2 Modelling Past Extreme Events to Project Future Changes |
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2.2.1 Climate Models and Simulations |
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2.2.2 Observed Changes in Precipitation and Temperature |
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2.2.3 Expected Changes for the End of the Current Century |
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3 Climate Change and Health |
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3.2 The IPCC 5th Assessment Report |
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3.3 What Is New Since AR5? |
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3.5 Co-Benefits - They are There, but Cannot be Assumed |
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4 Flooding and Public Health in a Changing Climate |
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4.3 Health Impacts of Flooding |
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4.3.1 Populations at Risk |
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4.3.3 Flooding and Mental Health |
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4.3.4 Flooding and Infectious Diseases |
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4.3.5 Displacement, Evacuation and Sheltering |
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4.4 Health System Resilience |
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4.5 Flooding and Climate Change |
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4.6 Public Health Mitigation, Planning and Prevention |
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5 The Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Health Nexus |
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5.2 The Sendai Framework: Tackling Disaster Risk and Health at International Level |
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5.3 The Paris Agreement and the SDGS: Tackling Climate Change and Health |
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5.4 Comparative Analysis of the Three Frameworks |
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6 Preparedness and Response in View of Climate Change Impacting on Health Challenges |
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6.2 The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 |
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6.2.1 Paris Agreement on Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness |
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6.3 Sustainable Development Goals |
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6.4 What are Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and How are They Defined? |
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6.5 Public Health Risk Management in Relation to Hydrological Extreme Events |
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6.5.1 International Health Regulations 2005 |
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6.5.2 WHO Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Framework 2019 |
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6.6 Public Health Risk Management - Some Specific Hydrometeorological Events Issues |
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6.6.1 Infectious Disease Associated with Hydrometeorological Extreme Events |
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6.6.2 Impacts of Climate Change Emergencies on Mental Health |
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6.7 Conclusions and Suggested Ways Forward |
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7 The Health Costs of Hydrometeorological Extreme Events |
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7.2 Estimating the Economic Costs of Hydrometeorological Extreme Events |
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7.2.1 HEE Risk Assessment and Data |
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7.2.2 Methods for Valuing Health Impacts in Monetary Terms |
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7.2.3 Projections of Changes in Health and Well-Being Costs of Hydrometeorological Extreme Events Under Different Climate Change Scenarios |
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7.3 Reducing or Off-Setting the Health Costs of Hydrometeorological Extreme Events |
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7.3.1 Increasing the Resilience of Health Systems to Hydrometeorological Extreme Events |
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7.3.2 The Role of Insurance and Other Tools |
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7.3.3 Innovative Funding Sources |
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7.4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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8 Conclusions and Perspectives |
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Franziska Matthies-Wiesler |
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8.1 Climate Change Mitigation Vs. Adaptation |
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8.2 Solution-Oriented Research |
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8.4 Strengthening International Partnerships |
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Index |
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