Adaptation strategies for health impacts of climate change in Western Australia: Application of a Health Impact Assessment framework

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-300

  Spickett, Jeffery T ^a   Brown, Helen L ^a   Katscherian, Dianne ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Health impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE PROCESS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH; RATING;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; MITIGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952738253     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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