Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and Social-Ecological Resilience

Quality of Life and Climate Change explores the impacts of climate change on the quality of life (QoL) experienced by individuals and communities worldwide, highlighting the need to consider climatic factors in measuring and comparing QoL. It emphasizes resilience as a critical factor in maintaining urban QoL and developing sustainable living environments. The book presents prospective themes, including sustainable solutions, mitigation strategies, and models to enhance socio-ecological resilience, and serves as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and other interested parties.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: IGI Global

Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and Social-Ecological Resilience delves into the pressing concerns surrounding climate change and its profound impacts on the quality of life (QoL) experienced by individuals and communities worldwide. This book explores the intricate relationship between climate change, variability, and QoL in both rural and urban settings. It undertakes a detailed review of QoL assessments to examine the extent to which climatic changes and livability conditions are incorporated into existing evaluations. By shedding light on the critical need to consider climatic factors in measuring and comparing QoL, especially in the context of creating aging-friendly and climate-neutral cities, this publication addresses a significant research gap. To answer the question of how climate change and its variability impact the QoL of living beings across diverse geographical settings, this book expands our understanding of this crucial topic through reporting and documentation of the associations between climatic changes and QoL, particularly in understudied rural and urban areas. Furthermore, the book emphasizes resilience as a critical factor in maintaining urban QoL and developing sustainable living environments. A key contribution of this work lies in the exploration of various models adopted worldwide to enhance resilience and create sustainable living environments in the face of climate change. By examining these models, the book strives to identify effective solutions for maintaining and enhancing QoL, as well as building resilient systems capable of withstanding climate change and variability. This book presents prospective themes, including sustainable solutions, mitigation strategies, and models to enhance socio-ecological resilience.

Climate change poses significant challenges to the quality of life (QoL) of individuals and communities worldwide. This book delves into the intricate relationship between climate change, variability, and QoL in both rural and urban settings. It conducts a comprehensive review of QoL assessments to examine how climatic changes and livability conditions are integrated into existing evaluations. By highlighting the importance of considering climatic factors in measuring and comparing QoL, particularly in the context of creating aging-friendly and climate-neutral cities, this publication addresses a significant research gap. The book aims to answer the question of how climate change and its variability impact the QoL of living beings across diverse geographical settings. It expands our understanding of this crucial topic by reporting and documenting the associations between climatic changes and QoL, particularly in understudied rural and urban areas. Furthermore, the book emphasizes resilience as a critical factor in maintaining urban QoL and developing sustainable living environments. A key contribution of this work lies in the exploration of various models adopted worldwide to enhance resilience and create sustainable living environments in the face of climate change. By examining these models, the book seeks to identify effective solutions for maintaining and enhancing QoL, as well as building resilient systems capable of withstanding climate change and variability. This book presents prospective themes, including sustainable solutions, mitigation strategies, and models to enhance socio-ecological resilience.

Climate change poses significant challenges to the quality of life (QoL) of individuals and communities worldwide. This book delves into the intricate relationship between climate change, variability, and QoL in both rural and urban settings. It conducts a comprehensive review of QoL assessments to examine how climatic changes and livability conditions are integrated into existing evaluations. By highlighting the importance of considering climatic factors in measuring and comparing QoL, particularly in the context of creating aging-friendly and climate-neutral cities, this publication addresses a significant research gap. The book aims to answer the question of how climate change and its variability impact the QoL of living beings across diverse geographical settings. It expands our understanding of this crucial topic by reporting and documenting the associations between climatic changes and QoL, particularly in understudied rural and urban areas. Furthermore, the book emphasizes resilience as a critical factor in maintaining urban QoL and developing sustainable living environments. A key contribution of this work lies in the exploration of various models adopted worldwide to enhance resilience and create sustainable living environments in the face of climate change. By examining these models, the book seeks to identify effective solutions for maintaining and enhancing QoL, as well as building resilient systems capable of withstanding climate change and variability. This book presents prospective themes, including sustainable solutions, mitigation strategies, and models to enhance socio-ecological resilience.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781668498637