Sprigg, William A.
Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities
1. Introduction: Extreme Weather, Health and Communities: Why Consider the Connections?
William A. Sprigg, Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg
2. Superstorm Sandy: A Game Changer?
David A. Robinson
3. Extreme Weather: Politics and Public Communication
Michael A. Moodian, Margaret M. Moodian
4. Dust Storms, Human Health and a Global Early Warning System
William A. Sprigg
5. Interdisciplinary Engagement of People and Place Around Extreme Weather
Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg
6. Engaging Communities to Assess the Health Effects of Extreme Weather in the Arctic
David Driscoll, George Luber
7. Refining the Process of Science Support for Communities Around Extreme Weather Events and Climate Impacts
Kristina J. Peterson, Shirley B. Laska, Rosina Philippe, Olivia Burchett Porter, Richard L. Krajeski, Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, William A. Sprigg
8. Reducing Vulnerability to Extreme Heat Through Interdisciplinary Research and Stakeholder Engagement
Olga Wilhelmi, Mary Hayden
9. Sociospatial Modeling for Climate-Based Emergencies: Extreme Heat Vulnerability Index
Austin C. Stanforth, Daniel P. Johnson
10. Drought and Health in the Context of Public Engagement
Nicole Wall, Michael Hayes
11. Extreme Weather: Mental Health Challenges and Community Response Strategies
Jyotsana Shukla
12. Extreme Winter: Weaving Weather and Climate into a Narrative Through Laura Ingalls Wilder
Barbara Mayes Boustead
13. The Air We Breathe: How Extreme Weather Conditions Harm Us
Mary M. Prunicki, Kari C. Nadeau
14. Human Response to and Consequences of the May 22, 2011, Joplin Tornado
Erica D. Kuligowski, Franklin T. Lombardo, Long T. Phan
15. Approaches for Building Community Resilience to Extreme Heat
Peter Berry, Gregory R. A. Richardson
Keywords: Earth Sciences, Natural Hazards, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Emergency Services, Public Health, Earth System Sciences
- Editor
- Sprigg, William A.
- Steinberg, Sheila Lakshmi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2016
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Extreme Weather and Society
- Page amount
- 21 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319306261
- Printed ISBN
- 978-3-319-30624-7