Human Health and Climate Change: Leverage Points for Adaptation in Urban Environments

Human Health and Climate Change: Leverage Points for Adaptation in Urban Environments

The design of adaptation strategies that promote urban health and well-being in the face of climate change requires an understanding of the feedback interactions that take place between the dynamical state of a city, the health of its people, and the state of the planet. Complexity, contingency and...

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Main Authors: Proust, Katrina, Newell, B., Brown, Helen, Capon, A., Browne, C., Burton, A., Dixon, J., Mu, L., Zarafu, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2012
Subjects:
leverage points
system dynamics
co-effects
conceptual models
cities
systems thinking
climate adaptation
urban health
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37884

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