
Impact of Climate Change on Social and Mental Well-Being
- 1st Edition - August 13, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Muskan Garg, Deepak Kumar, Debabrata Samanta, Anuradha Sathiyaseelan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 7 8 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 7 8 9 - 8
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- Outlines the links between climate change and suicidal ideation
- Identifies coping strategies for climate-related stressors
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. 5G-RF emission from wearable devices: Risk to human health and mitigation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Related works
- 3. 5G mobile technology
- 4. RF exposure
- 5. 5G and human health
- 6. 5G exposure matrices
- 7. Health risk associated with 5G
- 8. Risk mitigation
- 9. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Mindfulness in the context of climate change: Roadmap for sustainability!
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Background of the study
- 3. Conceptual framework and proposed model
- 4. Discussion and conclusion
- Chapter 3. Confronting the nexus of climate change: Mental health, food security, and social stability
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Effects of climate change on mental health
- 3. Climate change's effects on food security
- 4. Disasters associated with climate change
- 5. Addressing disasters associated with climate change
- 6. Mental health interventions and coping strategies
- 7. Ensuring food security in a changing climate
- 8. Toward a holistic approach: Integrating mental health, food security, and social stability
- 9. Conclusion—Confronting the nexus and building a sustainable future
- Declarations
- Chapter 4. Climate crisis chronicles: Navigating eco anxiety and climate related distress
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Understanding the climate crisis
- 3. Eco-anxiety and climate-related distress: Psychological perspectives
- 4. Prevalence and manifestations of eco-anxiety and climate-related distress
- 5. Factors contributing to eco-anxiety and climate-related distress
- 6. Coping mechanisms and strategies in response to environmental anxieties
- 7. Policy implications and recommendations
- Chapter 5. Climate change and mental health risks: A qualitative approach
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mental health risks
- 3. Method and measures
- 4. Results
- 5. Discussion
- 6. Eco-emotions
- 7. Limitations
- 8. Implication
- 9. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Impact of climate adaption and resilience on mental and social wellbeing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Concept of resilience and adaptation
- 3. The impact of changed climatic conditions on the social and mental well-being of its stakeholders
- 4. Individual efforts to adapt and resilience toward climatic change to enhance the mental and social well-being of stakeholders
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Climate, agriculture, and farmer's mental health: Unravelling the nexus in Wayanad, Kerala
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literature review
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Findings
- 5. Discussion
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. The psychosocial correlates of alterations in climate among children
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bio-psycho-social distinctions between children and adults
- 3. Risks to children from changes in climate
- 4. Pathways
- 5. Psychosocial well-being
- 6. Psychosocial impact of alterations in climate on children
- 7. Interventions
- 8. Directions of future research
- 9. Summary and conclusion
- Chapter 9. A qualitative study on eco-anxiety, climatic change distress, climate resilience, and intentional activities among vulnerable adults
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Review of literature
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Green space and mental well-being research in India: An urgent need for intervention
- 1. Background
- 2. Findings
- 3. Conclusion and recommendations
- Chapter 11. Impact of climate change and environmental degradation on agriculture and the quality life of farmers: A comprehensive analysis
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literature review
- 3. Research methodology
- 4. Hypotheses
- 5. Empirical results
- 6. Conclusion and recommendations
- Chapter 12. Perseverance matters: Adult risk attitude toward health and psychological well-being
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods
- 3. Results
- 4. Discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 13. Understanding public perceptions, attitudes, and awareness of air pollution and its effects on health
- 1. Introduction
- 2. About Brahmapuram
- 3. Research methodology
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- 6. Practical implications to reduce air pollution
- Chapter 14. Impact of environmental identity and eco-anxiety on mental health among two generation people (Gen X and Z)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Procedure
- 4. Statistical analysis
- 5. Results and discussion
- 6. Conclusion
- 7. Limitations
- 8. Implications for the future study
- Chapter 15. The impact of climate based natural disasters on children's mental health and wellbeing: A systematic review
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rationale of the study
- 3. Methods and procedure
- 4. Findings
- 5. Suggestion
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 16. The mental health climate crisis: Unveiling the hidden consequences of global warming
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Impact of climate change on mental health
- 3. Discussion
- 4. Cases on relationship between climate change and mental health
- 5. Ways to cure the heterogeneity in mental sickness due to climate change
- 6. Recommendation for improvement
- 7. Conclusion
- Chapter 17. Unraveling the psychological toll: Understanding eco-anxiety as a consequence of climate change
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Factors driving eco-anxiety
- 3. Impacts of catastrophes, disasters, and climate migration on mental health
- 4. Climate psychology toward a better future
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 18. Yellow leaf disease, climate change, and its impact on the life of farmers in Sullia
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research problem
- 3. Discussion
- 4. Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 13, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 376
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443237881
- eBook ISBN: 9780443237898
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Muskan Garg
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Deepak Kumar
Dr. Deepak Kumar is an academic researcher with a multidisciplinary background in Geospatial Sciences, Computational Sciences, Climate Change, and Sustainability. Currently a Research Scientist in the Atmospheric Sciences Group at Texas Tech University. Previously he served as Research Scientist in the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Albany from August 2022 to November 2024. He's worked in the interdisciplinary research domain of the Urban-Climate-Energy nexus for policy making with humanities, social science, and technology perspectives. At Amity University, Delhi-NCR he was an Assistant Professor. His wide experience in the research development-cum-implementation pipeline comprising idea conceptualization, research design, data collection, processing, analysis, with result creation in the intersection areas of remote sensing and geoinformatics, environment, energy, climate change, urban weather and climate modelling, analysis, and visualization. He enjoys developing skills through conference appearances, outreach activities, training services and contributions to professional membership of scholarly associations.
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Debabrata Samanta
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