Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Health in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
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Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Health in Tropical and Subtropical Regions

Release Date: January, 2020|Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 177
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2197-7
ISBN13: 9781799821977|ISBN10: 1799821978|EISBN13: 9781799821991
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Description:

Climate change and environmental pollution remain two primary areas of concern in today’s world. These detrimental influences continue to have a strong impact on various aspects of humanity, specifically public health in tropical regions. Researchers have seen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affected by climate change and anthropogenic impacts.

Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Health in Tropical and Subtropical Regions is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the association of environmental pollutants and global warming with viruses in tropical regions. While highlighting topics such as pathogenicity, travel impact, and economic impacts, this publication explores the developments and trends in these areas of medicine and ecology, as well as prevention strategies to be used for educational and sensitization purposes. This book is ideally designed for doctors, medical practitioners, ecologists, epidemiologists, environmentalists, world health organizations, researchers, biologists, policymakers, academicians, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Biomedical Research
  • Disease Ecology
  • Disease Treatment
  • Economic Effects
  • Endemicity
  • Pathogenicity
  • Public Health
  • Sanitation and Hygiene
  • Social Effects
  • Travel Impact
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Editor/Author Biographies

Ahmed Karmaoui started his academic career as Research Fellow at Cadi Ayyad University and awarded Ph.D. from the Faculty of Semlalia (UCA); graduated from Publons Academy, and awarded Top 1% of international Reviewers (2018) by Publons. He has published various peer-reviewed international journal articles, book chapters, and books on a range of environmental topics. He is currently the president of the Southern Center for Culture and Science, Morocco, and an assistant professor at FSTE (UMI). Broad areas of his research interests include ecosystem services assessment.

Abdelkrim Ben Salem is an Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environment in the Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences Rabat, Department of Biology. He joined the University of Mohammed V after ten years as a teacher of qualifying secondary education in Draa Tafilalet Academy. Broadly, her methodological research focuses on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and valuation of ecosystem services. Within, Ben Salem is currently working on socioeconomic vulnerability of the agriculture and water sector to climate change. He has published interdisciplinary projects across varied outlets, including, Parasites & Vectors Journal, International Journal of Water Resources and Arid Environments and International Publisher of Information Science and Technology Research (IGI-Global).

Ashfaq Ahmad Shah is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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