Environmental Impacts on Families: Change, Challenge, and Adaptation

The book explores how families' physical environments impact their relationships and well-being, focusing on disasters, climate change, and the built environment. It offers recommendations for government programs and policies to support families and highlights the efficacy of evidence-based interventions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 203 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book delves into the profound impact of families' physical environments on their relationships and the overall health and well-being of their members. It explores three crucial aspects of the physical environment: disasters, climate change, and the built environment. Through detailed chapters, it sheds light on the challenges these environments pose to families and the various considerations involved. It also highlights the factors that protect families, promote their resilience, and enable them to thrive amidst these challenges.

The volume offers valuable recommendations for government programs and policies to assist families in overcoming and adapting to environmental challenges. It emphasizes the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions aimed at promoting family resilience. Featured areas of coverage include:

Extreme natural events and families' post-disaster recovery: Examining the long-term effects of disasters on families and the strategies for rebuilding and recovery.

Family adaptations to climate change: Addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change, including strategies for adapting to changing weather patterns and environmental conditions.

The built environment and children's health and well-being: Investigating the relationship between the built environment, such as housing quality and accessibility, and children's health, development, and well-being.

Community-driven approaches to address environmental inequities: Exploring how communities can work together to address environmental disparities and promote equity for all families.

The urban environment of family caregiving: Examining the unique challenges and opportunities faced by families providing care for loved ones in urban environments.

Environmental Impacts on Families is an essential resource for researchers, professors, graduate students, clinicians, therapists, policymakers, and professionals across various disciplines. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the complex interplay between families' physical environments and their well-being, offering valuable insights and practical strategies for promoting family resilience and addressing environmental challenges.

Weight: 500g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031226489
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023