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Taxonomy Archive: vulnerability assessment
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Urban Heat Island Effect in Windsor, ON: An Assessment of Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies
This report discusses the urban heat island effect, its causes and impacts, vulnerable populations, adaptation and mitigation measures, as well as maps the urban heat island effect and vulnerability in windsor, ON.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Populations Vulnerable to Climate Change in New Jersey: Update of a Statistical Analysis
The purpose of this paper is to characterize and locate populations vulnerable to climate change in the state of New Jersey. To do so, a quantitative study examined the demographic and location attributes of socially vulnerable groups and their relation to an environmental hazard associated with a changing climate, using flooding as ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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An approach to developing local climate change environmental public health indicators, vulnerability assessments, and projections of future impacts
Environmental public health indicators (EPHIs) are used by local, state, and federal health agencies to track the status of environmental hazards; exposure to those hazards; health effects of exposure; and public health interventions designed to reduce or prevent the hazard, exposure, or resulting health effect. Climate and health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adapting to extreme heat events, guidelines for assessing health vulnerability
”A major component of public health efforts to protect people from extreme heat events centres on assessments of individual and community level vulnerability. Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment methodology that has been developed by ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment
This document is designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability (i.e. the susceptibility of a population or region to harm) to the health risks of climate change, and of policies and programmes that could increase resilience, taking into account ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in California: Community Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Strategies Report No. 1: Heat-Related Illness and Mortality, Information for the Public Health Network in California
The primary objective of this community vulnerability assessment is to identify locations and/or populations with high risk for heat-related illness. To develop a model of community vulnerability we evaluated: (1) past heat waves and published literature to identify risk factors for heat-related ilness (2) a selected set of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A guide for health departments
This document provides guidance for health departments on how to assess local vulnerabilities to health hazards associated with climate change. This assessment of people and place vulnerability can then be used to implement targeted public health interventions to reduce the burden of public health impacts.3 Introduction This document ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Developing Climate Change Environmental Public Health Indicators: Guidance for Local Health Departments
This guidance document outlines a three-tiered approach to establishing a local climate change environmental public health tracking program- placing emphasis on opportunities to partner with external resources at the local, state, and federal levels. Tier 1 is establishing indicators, Tier 2 is conducting vulnerability assessments, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Mapping Heat Vulnerability in Michigan
This report describes information on existing heat indexes and studies, an initial set of basic maps based on census data, assessing the availability of additional relevant data sources, and proposing a set of additional maps and data sources, as well as a strategy for indexing health vulnerability.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health effects of coastal storms and flooding in urban areas: a review and vulnerability assessment
Coastal storms can take a devastating toll on the public’s health. Urban areas like New York City (NYC) may be particularly at risk, given their dense population, reliance on transportation, energy infrastructure that is vulnerable to flood damage, and high-rise residential housing, which may be hard-hit by power and utility ...