Regional Climate Action Plan, Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Minimizing the Health Effects of Climate Change in the South Florida Region
- Abstract
The RCAP HIA comprehensively assessed the 110 climate change adaptation and mitigation policy recommendations put forth in the SEFRCCC RCAP to determine the health effects of climate change, specifically sea level rise (SLR) and heat waves. The HIA has the potential to describe the magnitude and distribution of climate change related 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
- Author
- Florida Public Health Institute
- Resource URL
- http://flhealthinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/HIA-Final_Report_101514-compressed.pdf
- Date
- March 2014
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Heat Sea level rise
- Solutions
- Climate adaptation/resilience Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
- Region
- Southeast
- Other
- Health impact assessment Vulnerability assessment