Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks, environment and human behaviour : international case studies

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks, environment and human behaviour : international case studies

Rais Akhtar, editor

Springer, c2021

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book covers over 24 country studies on various dimensions associated with the geographical spread of COVID-19. The chapters in the book, from geographically diversified countries, assert the need to undertake intensive regional research in order to understand the global pattern of Coronavirus focusing on infection migration, and indigenous origin that has caused tremendous global economic, social and health disaster. The book contends that understanding of peoples' behaviour is crucial towards safety measures against infection, as COVID-19 impacted to a greater extent social wellbeing of population because of lockdowns in all corners of the world. Some of the countries featured are USA, France, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada, Australia, Pacific Islands, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Peru and Brazil.

Table of Contents

  • Section I Introductory Chapter 1: Coronavirus, Environment and Human Behaviour Rais Akhtar Chapter 2: Coping During Covid-19 Public Health Crisis Dominguez, Vanessa N. , Muge Akpinar-Elci , Section II Australasia 3.Epidemiological history and the COVID-19 outbreak in the Pacific Islands - Does knowledge of the history help to fight epidemics? Eberhard Weber 4.Public health policy responses and human behavioural adaptations to COVID-19 in Taiwan Mei-Hui 5.Healthcare resources in the context of COVID-19 outbreak-Thailand, 2020 Uma Langkulsen 6.How Malaysia counters coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Challenges and Recommendations Nasrin Aghamohammadi 7.COVID-19 in Indonesia:Geoecology and People's Behaviour Budi Haryanto and TriarkoNurlambang 8.Does socioeconomic status matter? A Study on the Spatial Patterns of COVID-19 in South Korea and Hong Kong. Keumseok Peter Koh 9.Changing lives of migrants in post- covid period: A study of mobile vendors in Mumbai S.S.Sripriya 10.Beating back COVID-19 in Mumbai, India Hem Dholakia 11.COVID-19: the Australian experience Kevin McCracken Section III Europe, Russia 12.Coronavirus (COVID-19): the revenche of the countryside in France Isabelle Roussel 13.COVID-19 in Italy: Health, socio- economic consequences and relationship with the European Union. Cosimo Palagiano 14.COVID-19 Epidemia in Italy Has Association with Air Pollution Gennaro D'Amato 15.United Kingdom: An anatomy of a public policy failure David Humphreys and Colin Lorne 16.COVID-19 spread in the Iberian Peninsula: The influence of socioeconomic conditions Paula Santana, Ricardo Almendra , Ana Santurtun Pablo Fdez-Arroyabe 17.COVID- 19 in Russia: the distribution and medical geographical modelling Svetlana M. Malkhazova, Fedor I. Korennoy, Natalia V. Shartova, Tamara V. Vatlina Covid-19 in South Africa: A Crisis on a Crisis on a crisis Louis Reynolds 19.Geographical Dynamics of COVID-19 in Nigeria Stanley Okafore Section IV Americas 20.COVID-19 in Mexico: Differentiated Impacts in Territories and Income Groups IbarraranViniegra Maria Eugenia 21.Expansion of the Disease by Coronavirus(COVID-19) in Argentina:Social,Economic and Environmental Implications in the Country Daniel Oscar Lipp 22.Outlining regional scenarios during the Coronavirus pandemic in Brazil Santos, Rhavena Barbosa dos
  • Menezes, Julia Alves
  • Confalonieri, Ulisses 23.Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Peru: Geographical Distribution, Economic Impact and Vulnerable Populations Pool Konrad Aguilar Leon, Kenji Moreno Huaccha, Judith Del Carpio Venegas, Fiorela Solano Zapata 24.The Spread of COVID-19 in Canada and its Environmental and Economic Impacts Fox Underwood 25.Public Health Crisis Health disparities: health equity and COVID-19 Pandemic in USA Michele Kekeh, and Muge Akpinar-Elci 26. Geographic Patterns of the Pandemic in the Pandemic in the United States: Covid-19 Response Within a Disunified Federal System. Glen MacDonald 27.Conclusion & Suggestions Rais Akhtar Index

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  • NCID
    BC12321316
  • ISBN
    • 9783030681197
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 480 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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