期刊名称：Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences
电子版ISSN：2047-2528
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：01
页码：204-215
出版社：Society for Business Research Promotion
摘要：Climate change has adverse consequences on human health as well as exacerbates health risks. Climate change is as certain as human death so long as population increases and economic activities generate gaseous wastes, thus resulting in the increase of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2). Society illusion implicated in climatic change amplifies health risks, and can increase morbidity rate to catastrophic levels. This paper addresses possible illusions on climatic risks and investigates health risks that could arise in Nigeria from climate change. We employed structured survey to elicit risk perception responses on health risks and climate change from health personnel in Nigeria and other citizens. We adopt Z-score and simple regression analyses to test the extent of relationship between climate change and morbidity rate and descriptive statistics on society illusion on climate change. This study found that there is prevailing illusion on climate change and there is significant evidence for increase in health risks and morbidity rate instantiated by climatic variability. We recommend the introduction of stiff penalties for poor waste management, deforestation, awareness campaign for climate change and health risks. Weather insurance policy cover by organizations be adopted for credit rating. Flooding risk could be an additional cover under health and life insurance policies. An emergent health care strategy by government to respond to health risk pandemic caused by climate change should focus on malaria, meningitis, cholera, high blood pressure and pneumonia. Key Words: Catastrophic risks, climate change, health risks, morbidity rate, risk perception, societal illusion Full Text
