Climate-related Stresses on Human Health in a Remote and Rural Region of Ontario, Canada

Climate-related Stresses on Human Health in a Remote and Rural Region of Ontario, Canada

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This thesis examines the susceptibility of human health to climate-related stresses in the rural municipality of Addington Highlands, Ontario. Human health is sensitive to climatic variations and change, and public health systems play a role in managing climate-related risks. Canada is generally dee...

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Main Author:	Clarke, Kaila-Lea
Other Authors:	McLeman, Robert
Language:	en
Published:	Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2012
Subjects:	human health climate change adaptation assessment vulnerability adaptive capacity rural public health health geography extreme weather environmental health
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23296 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-6032

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