Health Impacts of Climate Change: Urbanization and Inequalities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2021) | Viewed by 7746
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to contribute to our new Special Issue “Health Impacts of Climate Change: Urbanization and Inequalities”, which is launched by the journal Sustainability. The scope of the Special Issue covers the health impacts of exposures related to climate change and the effect modification according to urbanization level, urban policies, and/or inequalities in the socio-economic and environmental fields. We are looking forward to receiving your invaluable manuscripts.
The topics of interest to this Special Issue include but are not limited to:
The health impacts of extreme temperatures and air pollution;
The roles of urbanization and socio-economic inequalities on the health impacts of environmental exposures.
Dr. Whanhee Lee
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- climate change
- epidemiology
- inequality
- public health
- urbanization
- urban policy
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