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Geospatial indicators of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to assess neighbourhood variation in vulnerability to climate change-related health hazards.

Jessica YuKaitlin CastellaniKrista ForysinskiPaul GustafsonJames LuEmily PetersonMartino TranAngela YaoJingxuan ZhaoMichael Brauer
Published in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2021)
The creation of hazard and category-specific vulnerability indices (exposure, adaptive capacity and sensitivity sub-scores) supports evidence-based approaches to prioritize public health responses to climate-related hazards and to reduce inequity by assessing relative differences in vulnerability along with absolute impacts. Future studies can build upon this methodology to further understand the spatial variation in vulnerability and to identify and prioritise actionable areas for adaptation.
Keyphrases
  • climate change
  • public health
  • human health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • health information
  • drug induced
  • case control