Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
(Sprache: Englisch)
This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity's contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape...
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This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity's contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning - and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from biodiversity - in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive 'go-to' book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.
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Introduction.- Section 1: Biodiversity and physical health .- Section 2: Biodiversity and mental wellbeing.- Section 3: Biodiversity and social wellbeing.- Section 4: Implications of the biodiversity and health relationship .- Section 5: Planning and managing urban green spaces for biodiversity and health in a changing climate.Autoren-Porträt
Melissa R. Marselle is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Ecosystem Services at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). She is an environmental psychologist whose research focuses on the influence of biodiversity on mental health and well-being, and the psychological benefits of health walks in nature. She is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Jutta Stadler is a Senior Scientific Officer in the International Nature Conservation Division at the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. She has been organizing numerous conferences and workshops on nature conservation and climate change as well as on other biodiversity related issues.
Horst Korn is Head of the International Nature Conservation Division at the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. His special interest lies in the application of holistic approaches to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the further development and application of science-policy interfaces.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2019, 1st ed. 2019, XXVI, 481 Seiten, 35 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 16,2 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine, Aletta Bonn
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030023176
- ISBN-13: 9783030023171
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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