Dear Colleagues,

The subject of “crisis” has never been more relevant with our world facing a confluence of major environmental, economic and health crises. Crisis times are turning points, critical phases and radical moments of change to the stable status quo. A crisis denotes a situation that is dangerous or difficult and needs to be managed with care and attention. In this publication, international contributors explore the impacts of health, economic and environmental crisis situations in local and global contexts. The theme of crisis is explored from multiple angles with a focus on understanding the environmental, economic and health impacts of different kinds of crisis events and trends around the world. The topic of crisis, crisis management and crisis communication is one that has relevance across many disciplines and subject areas, and this publication brings together discussion from a range of perspectives. Understanding and communicating the full range of impacts from crisis situations are imperative as “meaning-making” is considered a vital component to crisis management and effective crisis communication. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that while health, economic and environmental crises are often interconnected, the impacts of these crisis situations will vary around the globe.

This book features authors identifying issues, impacts and relevant insights from different crisis situations and offers timely and forward-looking research into the most effective ways to manage change and resolve conflict that crisis situations often engender.

Topics:

- Monetary policy crisis;

- Interest rate levers have been maxed out with official cash rates at almost zero in many of the OECD countries. What are the implications?

- Health spending crisis;

- Ageing populations and their health;

- Ongoing health costs, i.e., COVID-19 vaccines, and survivors of COVID-19;

- Health impacts of crisis including: COVID-19 pandemic (spread, mortality, mental health, economics); mental health crisis (mental stress, suicides, domestic violence, substance abuse); obesity crisis (obesity, diabetes, COPD); ageing crisis (number of persons ageing, increased co-morbidity, care provision—formal and informal, economics of ageing);

- Environmental impact of crisis including bushfires and other fire crises, drought crises, floods/tsunamis/hurricanes/earthquakes crises.

Dr. Wadad Kathy Tannous
Guest Editor

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