Health Impact Assessment: Minimizing the Health Effects of Climate Change in the South Florida Region
- Abstract
The HIA has the potential to describe the magnitude and distribution of climate changeJrelated health impacts for a portion of the 5.6 million residents in Broward, Miami Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. Therefore, an understanding of the widespread impact of SLR and heat waves on the health of millions of constituents will be of value to jurisdictions, stakeholders, and decision makers at multiple governmental and community levels.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Authors
- Florida Public Health Institute Urban Health Solutions, LLC Climate Change Consultants
- Resource URL
- http://flhealthinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/HIA-Final_Report_101514-compressed.pdf
- Date
- March 2014
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Extreme weather events Flooding Oceans Overview/general Sea level rise
- Solutions
- Built environment Climate adaptation/resilience Climate mitigation/GHG reduction Disaster preparedness
- Region
- Southeast
- Other
- Climate action plans Health impact assessment