The climate gap: Environmental health and equity implications of climate change and mitigation policies in California-a review of the literature

Climatic Change

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 485-503

  Shonkoff, Seth B ^a   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^a   Pastor, Manuel ^b   Sadd, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MITIGATION POLICIES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; WEATHER EVENTS;

GLOBAL WARMING; PUBLIC POLICY;

HEALTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MITIGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855342126     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0310-7     Document Type: Article

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