Vulnerability of the Health Sector to Climate Change. The Case of Dengue

 

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Auteur: Retana, José Alberto
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2008
Description:The vulnerability of health sector in Costa Rica was characterized by its exposition, sensibility and resilience components. The dengue disease was taken as a study case. Was found a relationship between ENOS phases and dengue cases. The future vulnerability was estimate using this relationship, the actual vulnerability study and the climate schenarios modelling, Those actual risk areas, would be more vulnerabities if temperature increases in the future as a result of climate change.
Pays:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/8157
Accès en ligne:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/8157
Mots-clés:Vulnerability
Health
climate change
Vulnerabilidad
salud
cambio climático