A Health impact assessment framework for assessing vulnerability and adaptation planning for climate change

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12896-12914

  Brown, Helen ^a   Spickett, Jeffery ^a   Katscherian, Dianne ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Health impact assessment; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NAURU; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TEAMWORK; VANUATU; WELLBEING; CLIMATE; HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROCEDURES;

AUSTRALIA; NAURU; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; VANUATU; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84917737379     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212896     Document Type: Article

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