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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

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