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Darrera modificació: 2023-01-30
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Warren, James Francis, "Climate, Weather and Pestilence in the Philippines Since the Sixteenth Century", dins: Campbell, Gwyn - Knoll, Eva Marie (dirs.), Disease Dispersion and Impact in the Indian Ocean World, Londres, Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies), 2020, pp. 105-127.
- Resum
- The struggle for existence in the Philippines since the end of the sixteenth century has been precariously waged on two fronts—against inadequate food supply and associated problems linked to distribution and colonial and capitalist institutions, and against various forms of disease (Braudel 1981, 90–91; Newson 2009). It is the latter with which this chapter is concerned. In both the colonial and post-independence periods, typhoons, floods and droughts were often followed by the outbreak of disease, the incidence of which has intensified since the start of the twentieth century due to rapid climate change, population growth and commercialisation of agriculture. A rise in extreme typhoon events, warmer atmospheric temperatures and more variable rainfall patterns associated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation have increased the health consequences and local–regional risks of disease, as well as of deaths due to flood and drought. The health impacts of recent extreme weather have been particularly severe for segments of the Philippine population located in areas vulnerable to typhoons and floods.
- Matèries
- Medicina - Pesta i altres malalties
- URL
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030 ...
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