Using a social justice and health framework to assess european climate change adaptation strategies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12389-12411

  Boeckmann, Melanie ^a,b   Zeeb, Hajo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Discourse analysis; Europe; Policy analysis; Public health; Social determinants of health; Social justice

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84914696674     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212389     Document Type: Article

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