Health issues due to sea level rise impact communities in South Florida
- Abstract
The Florida Institute for Health Innovation released a report today on communities from Palm Beach to Key West with the greatest risk for adverse health effects of sea level rise and mapped zones most prone to environmental sea level rise impacts, described associated public health risks and identified the region’s socially, economically and medically vulnerable communities most susceptible to sea level rise health effects.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Author
- Science Daily
- Date
- July 12, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Dislocation/displacement/migration
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Flooding
- Solution
- Climate adaptation/resilience
- Region
- Southeast
- Other
- Health surveillance