Governing for a healthy population: Towards an understanding of how decision-making will determine our global health in a changing climate

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-72

  Bowen, Kathryn J ^a,b   Friel, Sharon ^a,c   Ebi, Kristie ^d   Butler, Colin D ^a   Miller, Fiona ^b   McMichael, Anthony J ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Decision making; Equity; Global health; Governance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EQUITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84856324272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9010055     Document Type: Article

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