Addressing vulnerability, building resilience: community-based adaptation to vector-borne diseases in the context of global change

KL Bardosh, SJ Ryan, K Ebi, S Welburn… - Infectious diseases of …, 2017 - Springer
Background The threat of a rapidly changing planet–of coupled social, environmental and
climatic change–pose new conceptual and practical challenges in responding to vector …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Data, concepts and methods for large‐n comparative climate change adaptation policy research: A systematic literature review

R Biesbroek, L Berrang‐Ford, JD Ford… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change adaptation research is dominated by in‐depth, qualitative, single‐or small‐n
case studies that have resulted in rich and in‐depth understanding on adaptation processes …

Heat-health action plans in Europe: Challenges ahead and how to tackle them

GS Martinez, C Linares, A Ayuso, V Kendrovski… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
High temperatures have periodically affected large areas in Europe and urban settings. In
particular, the deadly 2003 summer heat waves precipitated a multitude of national and …

Empirical assessment of equity and justice in climate adaptation literature: A systematic map

S Coggins, L Berrang-Ford, K Hyams… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The normative concepts of equity and justice are rising narratives within global climate
change discourse. Despite growing considerations of climate equity and justice within the …

Impacts of climate change on vector borne diseases in the Mediterranean Basin—implications for preparedness and adaptation policy

M Negev, S Paz, A Clermont, NG Pri-Or… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean region is vulnerable to climatic changes. A warming trend exists in the
basin with changes in rainfall patterns. It is expected that vector-borne diseases (VBD) in the …

Evolution of the minimum mortality temperature (1983–2018): Is Spain adapting to heat?

F Follos, C Linares, JA López-Bueno, MA Navas… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to analyze at the level of Spain's 52 provinces province level
the temporal evolution of minimum mortality temperatures (MMT) from 1983 to 2018, in order …

[PDF][PDF] Social vulnerability to climate change in European cities: state of play in policy and practice

M Breil, C Downing, A Kazmierczak, K Mäkinen… - 2018 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Executive summary Climate change impacts do not affect all citizens in the same way.
Extreme events like flooding from heavy rainfall or urban heat often cause worse impacts on …

The effect of cold waves on mortality in urban and rural areas of Madrid

JA López-Bueno, MÁ Navas-Martín, J Díaz… - Environmental Sciences …, 2021 - Springer
Background While many studies analyze the effect of extreme thermal events on health, little
has been written about the effects of extreme cold on mortality. This scarcity of papers is …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental Pollution and Oxidative Stress: Health Effects During Pregnancy: A Review

A Itziou, V Balis, E Lakioti, V Karayannis… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Potential application of the outcomes of the present study is feasible for
the development of more targeted wellbeing measures in order to promote human health …