Climate change and health: An analysis of causal relations on the spread of vector-borne diseases in Brazil

Leal Filho, W, Boenecke, J, Spielmann, H, Azeiteiro, UM, Alves, F, de Carvalho, ML and Nagy, GJ (2018) Climate change and health: An analysis of causal relations on the spread of vector-borne diseases in Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production, 177. pp. 589-596. ISSN 0959-6526

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Abstract

The increases in greenhouse gas concentrations caused by anthropogenic activities such as industrial emissions, transport and burning of forests and other resources, recorded over the past decades, are known to have an impact on the global environment. In particular, this paper reviews the evidence that climate change has an impact on human health as a whole and on the spread of vector-borne diseases in particular. It offers an analysis of previous research on the connections between climate change and health, with a case study from Brazil, and lists some areas which may guide future policy-making.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2018 10:16
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production, published by and copyright Elsevier.
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering Research Centres > Ecology and Environment Research Centre
Subject terms:	Science & Technology, Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Engineering, Environmental, Environmental Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Engineering, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Health, Extreme events, Arbovirus infections, Brazil, Zika, Policy-making, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, ZIKA VIRUS, EL-NINO, TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES, INFECTIOUS-DISEASE, PUBLIC-HEALTH, RESILIENCE, CHALLENGES, AMERICA, Science & Technology, Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Engineering, Environmental, Environmental Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Engineering, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Health, Extreme events, Arbovirus infections, Brazil, Zika, Policy-making, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, ZIKA VIRUS, EL-NINO, TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES, INFECTIOUS-DISEASE, PUBLIC-HEALTH, RESILIENCE, CHALLENGES, AMERICA, 0907 Environmental Engineering, 0910 Manufacturing Engineering, 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering, Environmental Sciences
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/620352
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.144
ISSN	0959-6526

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