Coronavirus Covid 19 Outbreaks Environment And Human Behaviour

Author : Rais Akhtar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030681203

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Environment and Human Behaviour by Rais Akhtar Pdf

This book covers over 24 country studies on various dimensions associated with the geographical spread of COVID-19. The chapters in the book, from geographically diversified countries, assert the need to undertake intensive regional research in order to understand the global pattern of Coronavirus focusing on infection migration, and indigenous origin that has caused tremendous global economic, social and health disaster. The book contends that understanding of peoples’ behaviour is crucial towards safety measures against infection, as COVID-19 impacted to a greater extent social wellbeing of population because of lockdowns in all corners of the world. Some of the countries featured are USA, France, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada, Australia, Pacific Islands, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Peru and Brazil.

Author : Deepak Rawtani,Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain,Nitasha Khatri
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323902731

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COVID-19 in the Environment by Deepak Rawtani,Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain,Nitasha Khatri Pdf

COVID-19 in the Environment: Impact, Concerns, and Management of Coronavirus highlights the research and technology addressing COVID-19 in the environment, including the associated fate, transport, and disposal. It examines the impacts of the virus at local, national, and global levels, including both positive and negative environmental impacts and techniques for assessing and managing them. Utilizing case studies, it also presents examples of various issues around handling these impacts, as well as policies and strategies being developed as a result. Organized into six parts, COVID-19 in the Environment begins by presenting the nature of the virus and its transmission in various environmental media, as well as models for reducing the transmission. Section 2 describes methods for monitoring and detecting the virus, whereas Sections 3, 4, and 5 go on to examine the socio-economic impact, the environmental impact and risk, and the waste management impact, respectively. Finally, Section 6 explores the environmental policies and strategies that have comes as a result of COVID-19, the implications for climate change, and what the long-term effects will be on environmental sustainability. Examines the fate, transport, and management of COVID-19 and COVID-19 related waste in the environment Explores a variety of issues related to the environmental handling and impacts of COVID-19, particularly utilizing case studies Offers tools and techniques for assessing real-time environmental issues related to COVID-19

Author : Majeed Khader,Denise Dillion,Ken Xingyu Chen,Loo Seng Neo,Jeffery Ee Heng Chin
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811230066

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How To Prepare For The Next Pandemic: Behavioural Sciences Insights For Practitioners And Policymakers by Majeed Khader,Denise Dillion,Ken Xingyu Chen,Loo Seng Neo,Jeffery Ee Heng Chin Pdf

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the challenges the world is facing right now. It has seen an unparalleled spread within a short span of time, and claimed victims in many parts of the world. As the number of confirmed cases skyrockets exponentially, a recent surge of 'bad' behaviours such as xenophobia attacks, propagation of misinformation, and panic-buying of essential items have become increasingly commonplace. Panic and chaos reigned as the world witnessed unprecedented moves by countries to close their borders and implement strict quarantine orders in a desperate attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.COVID-19 has impacted many different aspects of society, from politics and economics to the psychological well-being of citizens, and the list will continue to grow as the spread of the coronavirus persist. While it is impossible to fathom the way COVID-19 will change our usual way of life, there are prevailing concerns that the community currently faces. What are the psychological impacts of a pandemic? How do we enhance the collective resilience of the community during a pandemic? How do we cope with mental health issues during a pandemic? How do we deal with bereavement during a pandemic? How can we support healthcare workers and emergency responders during a pandemic?These are just some of many important concerns that influence the way we cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. There is therefore an urgent need to enhance our understanding and level of preparedness against Covid-19 and pandemic in general. To that end, this edited book, How to Prepare for the Next Pandemic: Behavioural Sciences Insights for Practitioners and Policymakers aims to examine the impacts pandemic have on our society from a behavioural sciences perspective, and to identify solutions that practitioners and policymakers can adopt to combat the spread of COVID-19 in this new operating environment.

Author : Rais Akhtar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031388781

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Climate Change and Human Health Scenarios by Rais Akhtar Pdf

The objective of the present edited book is to encompass studies from both developed and developing countries of Asia, Africa Europe, and Americas, to understand and present a comparative scenario of the climate change and other environmental determinants of health and disease in geographically diversified countries. Environment and health perspective dates back to Hippocrates treatise written 400 B.C.E. In his book On Airs, Waters and Places, Hippocrates described diseases as associated with environmental conditions, “Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly, should proceed thus: in the first place to consider the seasons of the year, and what effects each of them produces for they are not at all alike, but differ much from themselves in regard to their changes. Then the winds, the hot and the cold, especially such as are common to all countries, and then such as are peculiar to each locality. We must also consider the qualities of the waters, for as they differ from one another in taste and weight, so also do they differ much in their qualities. In the same manner, when one comes into a city to which he is a stranger, he ought to consider its situation, how it lies as to the winds and the rising of the sun; for its influence is not the same whether it lies to the north or the south, to the rising or to the setting sun”. There has been a greater emphasis in the last four decades on understanding environmental factors which affect human health, after United Nations established Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988 aimed at to evaluate research on changing environmental condition, particularly climate change and its impacts on human wellbeing, including human health, as consequences of extreme heat waves conditions, sea level rise, forced migration, air pollution, droughts, and wildfires. From these studies, risk levels of vulnerable populations and regions can be assessed and level of resilience of healthcare infrastructure that may be used in environmental health policy and equity of these countries.

Author : Malgorzata Kossowska,Natalia Letki,Tomasz Zaleskiewicz,Szymon Wichary
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000568707

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Human Behaviour in Pandemics by Malgorzata Kossowska,Natalia Letki,Tomasz Zaleskiewicz,Szymon Wichary Pdf

This timely interdisciplinary book brings together a wide spectrum of theoretical concepts and their empirical applications in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, informing our understanding of the social and psychological bases of a global crisis. Written by an author team of psychologists and sociologists, the volume provides comprehensive coverage of phenomena such as fear, risk, judgement and decision making, threat and uncertainty, group identity and cohesion, social and institutional trust, and communication in the context of an international health emergency.The topics have been grouped into four main chapters, focusing on the individual, group, social, and communication perspectives of the issues affecting or being affected by the pandemic, based on over 740 classic and current references of peer-reviewed research and contextualized with an epidemiological perspective discussed in the introduction. The volume finishes with two special sections, with a chapter on cultural specificity of the social impact of pandemics, focusing specifically on both Islam and Hinduism, and a chapter on the cross-national differences in policy responses to the current health crisis. Providing not just a reference for academic research, but also short-term and long-term policy solutions based on successful strategies to combat adverse social, cognitive, and emotional consequences, this is the ideal resource for academics and policymakers interested in social and psychological determinants of individual reactions to pandemics, as well as in fields such as economics, management, politics, and medical care.

Author : Makoto Yano,Fumihiko Matsuda,Anavaj Sakuntabhai,Shigeru Hirota
Publisher : Springer
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811657262

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Socio-Life Science and the COVID-19 Outbreak by Makoto Yano,Fumihiko Matsuda,Anavaj Sakuntabhai,Shigeru Hirota Pdf

This open access book presents the first step towards building socio-life science, a field of science investigating humans in such a way that both social and life-scientific factors are integrated. Because humans are both living and social creatures, a human action can never be understood fully without knowing both the biological traits of a person and the social scientific environments in which he exists. With this consideration, the editors of this book have initiated a research project promoting a deeper and more integrated understanding of human behavior and human health. This book aims to show what can, and could be, achieved through our interdisciplinary project. One important product is the newly formed three-party collaboration between Pasteur Institut, Kyoto University, and the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. Covering many different fields, including medicine, epidemiology, anthropology, economics, sociology, demography, geography, and policy, researchers in these institutes, and many others, present their studies on the COVID-19 pandemic. Although based on different methodologies, the studies show the importance of behavioral change and governmental policy in the fight against a huge pandemic. The book explains the unique genome cohort–panel data that the project builds to study social and life scientific aspects of humans.

Author : Rais Akhtar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031094323

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society by Rais Akhtar Pdf

This books comprises of 24 chapters by experts from developed and developing countries. The book cover Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK and England, USA, West Africa, and Zambia. FOREWORD by David J. Hunter, Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University, the UK.

Author : Cornelia C. Walther
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030536411

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Development and Connection in the Time of COVID-19 by Cornelia C. Walther Pdf

This book looks at the COVID-19 pandemic and its likely aftermath through a four-dimensional prism - aspirations, emotions, thoughts, and sensations to understand human behavior. That perspective opens possibilities to turn the current crisis into an opportunity for positive change; because systematically influencing the various components of our being, individually and collectively, begins by understanding their nature and interaction. Beyond influence this interplay between dimensions can be optimized; which is the purpose of the C-Core (completion, compassion, creativity, cooperation) introduced in the book. In addition, the four determinants that shape institutions: priorities, people, positions, programs - the P-Puzzle are looked at. This book combines theory and concrete suggestions both for policymakers in charge of designing the collective landscape and for individuals who must adapt to, and shape, a new ‘normal’. COVID-19 is a reminder that humans around the World are fundamentally the same. Whether in the long run the Pandemic will bring out the best or the worst in humans depends on individual and collective choices to nurture our best individual and collective selves. COVID-19 may either expand life quality by adding a new breadth of solidarity or reduce Society to mere survival.

Author : Austin Mardon,Catherine Mardon,Ching Yuan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1773691619

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COVID-19 and the Environment by Austin Mardon,Catherine Mardon,Ching Yuan Pdf

As the world settles into life amid the pandemic, and adjusts to the changes brought about by the lockdown, there is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it tremendous change to the world as we know it. The question of immediate concern is how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting our present environment. Human activity is inextricable from the environment we live in, and as COVID-19 forces us to change the way we live, new efforts both good and bad have been observed as change occurs in every aspect of the environment that human activity is tied to. as well, the changes brought about COVID-19 will no doubt extend far into the future, likely changing human life as we know it. Everything from urban planning and architecture, to the way that industries run, are already in the process of change as people find creative ways to keep safe and around the constraints of quarantine. It goes without saying that the interactions between human and environment are complex and multi-faceted. However, through our analysis, we hope to communicate the bi-directionally of those interactions, and raise awareness of the way humans shape the environment, and how the environment in turn shapes humanity.

Author : Mohammad Hadi Dehghani,Rama Rao Karri,Sharmili Roy
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780323909242

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Environmental and Health Management of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) by Mohammad Hadi Dehghani,Rama Rao Karri,Sharmili Roy Pdf

Environmental and Health Management of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) examines mitigation measures that can be adopted at the time of a novel coronavirus outbreak to lessen environmental contamination and impacts on human health. The book discusses origin, structure and pathogenesis, epidemiology, environmental transmission and the potential spread routes of COVID-19 via surfaces, air, water, wastewater, medical waste and food products. It also covers guidelines and protocols for setting safety conditions to provide adequate health care and reduce the risk of infection in health and non-healthcare settings, along with preventative measures and disinfection technologies. In addition, the book discusses challenges, opportunities and future perspectives, the global crisis, and global consequences on the environment and health. With contributions from experts, this book presents a multidisciplinary reference resource for virologists, microbiologists, public health professionals, environmental health managers and others engaged in the study and mitigation of the environmental and health impacts of the virus. Covers the environmental transmission and spread of COVID-19 Includes environmental disinfection technologies for prevention of COVID-19 Provides guidelines, standards and protocols related to COVID-19

Author : Rais Akhtar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000963021

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Environment and Health in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh by Rais Akhtar Pdf

This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors that have shaped the modern public health system in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Reflecting on the historical, socio-economic, and contemporary scenario of environment and public health, this book presents chapters that discuss the role of spatial patterns of diseases, health-risk patterns, contributions of medical missionaries in health services in Kashmir, changing disease ecology of Leh, and traditional medical therapy in Ladakh, among others. This book also examines the cholera ecology in Kashmir during the 19th century, and the significance of Kangri ・ a portable traditional heat source ・ in cultural studies, economics, and cancer research. It investigates the role of traditional knowledge in the medical therapy of rural areas of Ladakh and the impact of urbanization on the quality of human health in Srinagar City. Besides, this book examines iodine deficiency disorders and the extension of vector-borne diseases. The essays also probe into the rising mental health concerns in post-pandemic Kashmir. This book will be useful for students, researchers, and teachers of physical geography, human geography, environmental studies, public health, and health sciences. It will also be of interest to political geographers, sociologists, policymakers, and those interested in the issues related to health and environment in the region.

Author : Chi Keung Lau,Jie Ma,Giray Gozgor
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889767892

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Effects of Economic Shocks on Human Behavior, Mental Life and the Environment: Implications for the Post- COVID-19 Crisis Era by Chi Keung Lau,Jie Ma,Giray Gozgor Pdf

Author : Sadaf Nazneen,Akebe Luther King Abia,Sughosh Madhav
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000889789

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Emerging Pandemics by Sadaf Nazneen,Akebe Luther King Abia,Sughosh Madhav Pdf

Pandemics are often associated with viruses and bacteria occurring in wildlife in natural environments. Thus, diseases of epidemic and pandemic scale are mostly zoonotic, some of which include AIDS, Zika virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and COVID-19. The book seeks to explore the documented history of pandemics and various epidemics that have the potential of turning into pandemics with the warming climate, pollution, and environmental destruction. The book covers some of the most essential elements of the diseases of pandemic nature and their relationship with the environment: Environment as a reservoir of human diseases Climate change: emerging driver of infectious diseases Occurrence and environmental dimensions of specific pandemics and epidemics Pandemics, environment, and globalisation: understanding the interlinkage in the context of COVID-19 Climate change and zoonotic diseases: malaria, plague, dengue, encephalitis Tuberculosis: an old enemy of mankind and possible next pandemic Lassa fever in Nigeria: case fatality ratio, social consequences, and prevention There are cases where scientists fear that many epidemics have the potential of turning into pandemics, if we do not pay attention to them, and measures are not being taken to control these occurrences. This book attempts to provide integrated risk assessment on pandemics like COVID-19. It covers fundamental factors of global disease outbreaks through the complexity and severity of consequences. The information collated in this book will help in the design of mitigation measures, including behavioral changes that could prevent the emergence of such pandemics, thus protecting human life and minimising losses incurred due to diseases of such magnitude.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030692841

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COVID-19: Paving the Way for a More Sustainable World by Walter Leal Filho Pdf

This book gathers and disseminates opinions, viewpoints, studies, forecasts, and practical projects which illustrate the various pathways sustainability research and practice may follow in the future, as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares itself to the possibilities of having to cope with similar crisis, a product of the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/programmes/iusdrp.html and the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) https://esssr.eu/. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to severe human suffering, and to substantial damages to economies around the globe, affecting both rich countries and developing ones. The aftermath of the epidemic is also expected to be felt for sometime. This will also include a wide range of impacts in the ways sustainable development is perceived, and how the principles of sustainability are practised. There is now a pressing need to generate new literature on the connections between COVID-19 and sustainability. This is so for two main reasons. Firstly, the world crisis triggered by COVID-19 has severely damaged the world economy, worsening poverty, causing hardships, and endangering livelihoods. Together, these impacts may negatively influence the implementation of sustainable development as a whole, and of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in particular. These potential and expected impacts need to be better understood and quantified, hence providing a support basis for future recovery efforts. Secondly, the shutdown caused by COVID-19 has also been having a severe impact on teaching and research, especially –but not only – on matters related to sustainability. This may also open new opportunities (e.g. less travel, more Internet-based learning), which should be explored further, especially in the case of future pandemics, a scenario which cannot be excluded. The book meets these perceived needs.

Author : Manish Kumar Goyal,Anil Kumar Gupta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811576799

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Integrated Risk of Pandemic: Covid-19 Impacts, Resilience and Recommendations by Manish Kumar Goyal,Anil Kumar Gupta Pdf

In light of the novel corona virus outbreak in December 2019 and its subsequent impact on entire world as a global pandemic, the book attempts to provide integrated risk assessment on Covid -19 like pandemics, as well as to understand the societal, environment and economic impact of the outbreak in various sectors of development. It covers fundamental factors of global disease outbreaks and its coverage as major disaster through the complexity and severity of consequences, illustrating the dimensions of low frequency high intensity disasters. It brings together broad range of topics including basic concepts, isolation measure, role of governance and key technical advancements for containing the diseases. In addition, it also covers resilience analysis towards the impacts such outbreaks have on bio-diversity, ecosystem services and agricultural food production. It defines key exit strategies from the lessons learned and success stories of historical disease outbreaks. The book is presented in four parts, where part 1 familiarizes with fundamentals; part 2 focuses on integrated risk assessments; part 3 focuses on various measures and strategies of resilience; and part 4 suggests key lessons and recommendations. The book is a useful reading reference for scientific community, policy makers and professionals across the domains of health, environment, disasters and sustainable development. Book is specifically beneficial for postgraduate students, researchers, planners and field professionals.