Expanding Urban Tree Canopy as a Community Health Climate Adaptation Strategy – A Health Impact Assessment of the Ann Arbor Urban & Community Forest Management Plan
- Abstract
This Health Impact Assessment (HIA) examines the potential health and psychosocial benefits associated with targeting tree planing in residental areas of Ann Arbor, Michigan wiht lower tree canopy and populations vulnerable both directly to extreme heat events and to health conditions affected by heat and tree canopy.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Author
- Michigan Climate & Health Adaptation Program
- Date
- January 1, 2014
- Institution
- Michigan Department of Community Health Division of Environmental Health
- Solution
- Urban greening
- Region
- Midwest
- Other
- Health impact assessment