Climate, urbanisation and vulnerability to vector-borne disease in subtropical coastal Australia: Sustainable policy for a changing environment

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 189-200

  Lyth, Anna ^a   Holbrook, Neil J ^a   Beggs, Paul J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophysical environments; Climate change; Climate variability; Health policy; Ross River virus; Strategic environmental planning; Subtropical urban development; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 33751006753     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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