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Expanding Urban Tree Canopy as a Community Health Climate Adaptation Strategy – A Health Impact Assessment of the Ann Arbor Urban & Community Forest Management Plan
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.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The heat is on: climate change and heatwaves in the Midwest
Midwestern cities are very likely to experience more frequent, longer, and hotter heatwaves.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Indicators of the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Public Health: Michigan Results, 2011. A Pilot of the Suite of Indicators Proposed by the Climate Change Working Group of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
This report describes the twent-three climate change indicators calculated for Michigan, as well as comments on their potential utility, limitations, and suggestions for improvement.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change in the Columbus, Ohioan mind. Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.
Most people in Columbus (70%) believe global warming is happening. One in five (18%) believe it is not. • About half (49%) believe that if global warming is happening, it is caused mostly by human activities. • People in Columbus think global warming is important and are worried about it. Seven in ten (69%) say […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Milwaukee Heat Vulnerability Index
Using the methodology developed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), Wisconsin Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) staff conducted a geo-spatial analysis of heat-related vulnerability in both Wisconsin as a whole and the greater Milwaukee urban area, though this report focused on the Milwaukee analysis.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Michigan Climate and Health Adaptation Plan (MI-CHAP) 2010-2015 Strategic Plan
A strategic plan to prepare Michigan’s state and local public health community for these potential health risks.After conducting needs assessments/surveys/workgroups, goals and objectives arose that may be applicable to most state departments.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Hot Weather and Health: 2011 Survey Results
The Hot Weather and Health Survey project allowed Washtenaw County Public Health (WCPH) to seek broad community input, provide targeted outreach and pilot elements of a healt impact assessment process. From May through August of 2011, the Hot Weather and Health Survey was offered online via Zoomerang and in paper form at a variety of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Mapping Heat Vulnerability in Michigan
This report describes information on existing heat indexes and studies, an initial set of basic maps based on census data, assessing the availability of additional relevant data sources, and proposing a set of additional maps and data sources, as well as a strategy for indexing health vulnerability.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People
Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People is a new report analyzing sulfur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions in conjunction with demographic factors –race, income, and population density – to rank the environmental justice performance of the nation’s 378 coal fired power plants.This report focuses on the role ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Confronting the Dual Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty: A Case Study of Cleveland
As the effects of climate change grow more frequent and severe across the country, it is becoming clear that climate change does not harm all Americans equally. Instead, it takes a particular toll on those who are already struggling with social or financial burdens. To confront this climate inequality, the city of Cleveland—which ...