Global warming and the political ecology of health : emerging crises and systemic solutions / Hans A. Baer and Merrill Singer.

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2009], ©2009.

238 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-231) and index.

Global warming : a grave contradiction of the capitalist world system -- Lifeways in peril : the impact of global warming on settlement patterns and human perceptions of climate -- An age of weather extremes : consequences for human subsistence, water, and nutrition -- A disturbed planet : heat stress, pollutants, and environmental diseases -- Agents of suffering : the spread of waterborne and vector-borne infections -- Ecosyndemics : the interaction of changing environment and disease -- Adaptation versus mitigation : why existing climate regimes and "green capitalism" are not enough to contain global warming -- Toward a healthier planet : the creation of a democratic ecosocialist world system.