Climate Change Impacts on Workplace Health and Safety : Adaptations, Interventions and Responses

Moda, Haruna Musa (EDT)/ Khoshakhlagh, Amir Hossein (EDT)/ Gruszecka-Kosowska, Agnieszka (EDT)

CRC Press（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 378 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032814162

Full Description

Climate change has become the primary serious human and environmental threat of the 21st century and, with associated variability, it presents enormous potential to affect workers' safety and health as well as the workplace in diverse forms. This book delivers comprehensive information regarding climate change adaptation measures and workplace health and safety intervention across diverse sectors.

This title delivers relevant information for specialists and academics to compare good practices across different sectors to help improve workplace safety and health as climate change factors continue to impact indoor and outdoor workplaces. In addition, it highlights the impact of extreme heat exposure and risk of climate-related chronic diseases, which could impact productivity, occupational safety adherence and wellbeing of workers. It also covers the impact of reduced work capacity due to climate change variability on the jobs undertaken. Comprehensively and up-to-date and including contemporary references and case studies, this book reveals to the reader how to adapt accordingly for the impacts of climate change and to understand what the key issues are likely to be.

Climate Change Impacts on Workplace Health and Safety: Adaptations, Interventions and Responses is a sobering but essential read for academics, researchers and professionals in health, safety, and environment (HSE) roles, occupational health engineering and environmental health engineering. Its appeal will extend to climate change scientists, epidemiologists and business and management professionals.

Contents

Part 1: Health and Safety in the face of Climate Change

i. Climate Actions for Workplace Safety and Health Intervention in Construction Industry - Faris Omer, Rasha Ali Abdelrahim, Lekha Kozhiparambath, Ahmed Elidrisy and Haruna Musa Moda

ii. Navigating Climate Change Impact: Resilience and Adaptation Strategies for Construction Project Delivery in Emerging Economies: Bello Mahmud Zailani, Muhammad Aliyu Yamusa, Mu'awiya Abubakar, Joy Maina, and Yahaya Makarfi Ibrahim

iii. Review of climate change impact on workplace health and safety in the global manufacturing industry - Devathanthrige Janaka Chamara Harshana Senadeera, Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem, Walter Leal Filho, Grace Farhat and Haruna Musa Moda

iv. Impacts of Climate Change on Workplace Health and Safety in Nigeria: A Systematic Review of Adaptations, Interventions, and Responses: Anthony Kola-Olusanya

v. Impacts of Climate Change on Workers' Health and Safety - Kassu Jilcha Sileyew

Part 2: Climate Change and its Effects on Agriculture

vi. Climate change impacts on crops, future challenges, and mitigating strategies: An era of food security - Peter Ameh Adegede

vii. Synergistic Impacts of Climate Change and Pesticide Exposure on the Health of Farm Workers - John Gushit and Idoko Ogbe

viii. Atrazine Exposure in the Age of Climate Change: Uncovering the Risks and Exploring Sustainable Solutions - Lauritta Chinazaekpere Ndufeiya-Kumasi

Part 3: Climate Change Impact on Health and Wellbeing

ix. Climate Change and Viral Proliferation: Implications for Global Health and Wellbeing - Esra Büşra Işık, Ebru Sarsılmaz and Asif M. Khan

x. Nourishing Resilience and Adaptation: Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Maternal and Child Health in the Workplace - Samuel Atta Tonyemevor, Mary Amoako, Charles Martyn-Dickens, Leonard Amekudzi

xi. Impact of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Conditions on the Commitment of Allied Health Professionals Towards Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle - Albara Alomari, Alham Abuatiq, Jamila Albajaly, Yasin M. Yasin, Ayat Kadhi, Mahmoud Nadar, Arlene Masaba, Fahima Yusuf, Joanne Jaramillo, Asma Alamgir and Shannan MacNevin

xii. Application of circular economy principles to promote sustainable well-being in Qatar: A literature review: Juliet Gladies Jayasuria, Kurobuza Tukamushaba Eddy and Dan Musinguzi

Part 4: Climate Change Adaptation and Community Resilience

xiii. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Managing Ecological and Environmental Challenges - A viable option for African Countries - Peter Ameh Adegede

xiv. Heatwaves over Indian Subcontinent: Assessing Prevalence and adaptive implications for Health and Safety - Prasanna K and Ravi Rangarajan

xv. Community resilience and rapid response to health challenges occasioned by environmental and climate change disasters - Chinenye Mercy Nwankwo, Natal Ayiga and Ifeyinwa Joy Nwako

xvi. Health and Safety adaptation and resilience strategies for management of climate change driven extreme hydrological events in coastal South Asian regions - Abdulla Ansari, Ravi Rangarajan and Prasanna K

xvii. Climate change effects and adaptability strategies on occupational health and safety among workers in Africa: A literature review - Daniel Obioma Thomas

Part 5: Climate Change Literacy and Safety

xviii. Climate Change Impact on Worker's Health: Mitigation Measures and the Need for Education to Build Climate-Resilient Workforce - Norr Hassan, Ashraf Chamseddine, Jafar Momani and Hind Soubhi

xix. Climate Change Impacts on the Health and Safety of the University Community in the GCC Countries: Adaptations and Responses - Faseeha Waheed, Naji Akber, Zayyanu Muhammed, Ayesha Agha Shah and Ismaila Rimi Abubakar

xx. Climate Mitigation and Healthy Work Environment through Workplace Greening: Lessons from Nigeria University Campuses - Adetunji Kehinde, Samson Olarewaju and Binta Moustapha

xxi. Navigating the Climate Crisis through Case Studies: The Importance of Integrating Environmental Health Literacy with Sustainable Healthcare Leadership - Jennifer N Egbunike, S. Moore, J. Davies and O. Moradeyo