Environmental impacts on families : change, challenge, and adaptation / Selena E. Ortiz, Susan M. McHale, Valarie King, Jennifer E. Glick, editors.
This book examines ways in which families physical environments have implications for their relationships and the health and well-being of their members. Attention is given to three aspects of the physical environmentdisasters, climate change, and the built environmentand the challenges these may cr...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2023.
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| Series: | National symposium on family issues (Series) ;
v. 12. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This book examines ways in which families physical environments have implications for their relationships and the health and well-being of their members. Attention is given to three aspects of the physical environmentdisasters, climate change, and the built environmentand the challenges these may create for families. Chapters describe particular considerations within each of these three physical environment challenges, the ways they affect families, and factors that protect families, promote their resilience and enable them to flourish. Finally, the volume offers recommendations for the role of government programs and policies to support families to overcome and/or adapt to environmental challenges as well as highlights the efficacy of evidence-based interventions aimed at promoting family resilience. Featured areas of coverage include: Extreme natural events and families postdisaster recovery. Family adaptations to climate change. The built environment and childrens health and well-being. Community-driven approaches to address environmental inequities. The urban environment of family caregiving. Environmental Impacts on Families is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, policymakers, and other related professionals in developmental psychology, family studies, environmental health and policy, social work, public health, educational policy and politics, economics, migration studies, and all interrelated disciplines. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 3031226488 9783031226489 3031226496 9783031226496 |