Download or read book Participatory Modeling of Climate Change Impacts on Public Health in Long Beach California written by Laura Schmitt Olabisi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Participatory modeling aims to incorporate stakeholders into the process of developing models for the purpose of eliciting information, appropriately reflecting stakeholder interests and concerns, and improving stakeholder understanding, and acceptance of the analysis. Participatory modeling, using causal loop diagramming (CLD), was used to explore the impact of climate change on public health in Long Beach, California. CLD, commonly used in participatory modeling, provided useful information to serve as the basis for a quantitative system dynamics model to protect the citizens of Long Beach, and potentially other cities or regions affected by climate change. Diverse stakeholders constructed CLDs depicting the impacts of climate change on public health in Long Beach. This exercise aimed to (1) identify public health issues that might be caused or exacerbated by climate change; (2) examine the systemic connections between climate change and other drivers of public health/illness and mortality; and (3) identify feedback loops to gain an understanding of how climate change could impact public health over coming decades. Six groups of five stakeholders were tasked with depicting the impacts of climate change on public health. Each group designated a key health outcome of concern on a citywide scale, including critical drivers of the outcome at higher and lower scales if necessary (for example, state laws, or household-level decisions that affect health outcomes in the aggregate). Social, environmental, political, and economic variables were all considered. After the small group diagramming exercise, groups presented diagram results to other participants, and the discussion around the diagrams was recorded.

Download or read book Environmental Health and Equity Impacts from Climate Change and Mitigation Policies in California written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taking the Temperature of Climate Change in Long Beach written by Julia Rose Manriquez Dowell (Graduate student) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through interviews with community leaders, city employees, and city and state government officials, gaps were identified in the City of Long Beach’s plan to address increasing temperatures. To address these gaps, this research proposes various solutions including: reducing electric costs, increasing access to air conditioning, retrofitting homes, increasing emergency services on extreme heat days, subsidizing rooftop solar, and improving the electrical grid through Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). Implementation of these programs will address some of the needs identified in the surveys and interviews, while prioritizing the needs of vulnerable communities such as West Long Beach.

Download or read book Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change poses risks to human health and well-being through shifting weather patterns, increases in frequency and intensity of heat waves and other extreme weather events, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and other environmental effects. Those risks occur against a backdrop of changing socioeconomic conditions, medical technology, population demographics, environmental conditions, and other factors that are important in determining health. Models of health risks that reflect how health determinants and climate changes vary in time and space are needed so that we can inform adaptation efforts and reduce or prevent adverse health effects. Robust health risk models could also help to inform national and international discussions about climate policies and the economic consequences of action and inaction. Interest in resolving some of the challenges facing health effects modelers and health scientists led the National Research Council's Standing Committee on Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions to hold a workshop on November 3-4, 2014, in Washington, DC, to explore new approaches to modeling the human health risks of climate change. Throughout the workshop, the discussions highlighted examples of current application of models, research gaps, lessons learned, and potential next steps to improve modeling of health risks associated with climate change. Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

Download or read book Advanced Systems for Environmental Monitoring IoT and the application of Artificial Intelligence written by Jamal Mabrouki and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States written by US Global Change Research Program and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As global climate change proliferates, so too do the health risks associated with the changing world around us. Called for in the President’s Climate Action Plan and put together by experts from eight different Federal agencies, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health: A Scientific Assessment is a comprehensive report on these evolving health risks, including: Temperature-related death and illness Air quality deterioration Impacts of extreme events on human health Vector-borne diseases Climate impacts on water-related Illness Food safety, nutrition, and distribution Mental health and well-being This report summarizes scientific data in a concise and accessible fashion for the general public, providing executive summaries, key takeaways, and full-color diagrams and charts. Learn what health risks face you and your family as a result of global climate change and start preparing now with The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health.

Download or read book Climate Change and Public Health in California written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Change and Health written by Julianne McCall and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in California Community Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Strategies written by Paul English and published by . This book was released on 2007* with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Change and California s Public Health Institutions written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on public health in California. The direct effect will likely be an increase in heat-related morbidity and mortality. In addition, climate change could worsen air quality, alter the incidence and transmission of vector-borne illness, and increase the risk of large wildfires. Public health officials recognize the risks associated with climate change, but feel that they lack the information and resources to adapt to the new challenges.

Download or read book Public Health Related Impacts of Climate Change InCalifornia written by N. L. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2005 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-3-05 that set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for California, and directed the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency to report to the governor and the State legislature by January 2006 and biannually thereafter on the impacts to California of global warming, including impacts to water supply, public health, agriculture, the coastline, and forestry, and to prepare and report on mitigation and adaptation plans to combat these impacts. This report is a part of the report to the governor and legislature, and focuses on public health impacts that have been associated with climate change. Considerable evidence suggests that average ambient temperature is increasing worldwide, that temperatures will continue to increase into the future, and that global warming will result in changes to many aspects of climate, including temperature, humidity, and precipitation (McMichael and Githeko, 2001). It is expected that California will experience changes in both temperature and precipitation under current trends. Many of the changes in climate projected for California could have ramifications for public health (McMichael and Githeko, 2001), and this document summarizes the impacts judged most likely to occur in California, based on a review of available peer-reviewed scientific literature and new modeling and statistical analyses. The impacts identified as most significant to public health in California include mortality and morbidity related to temperature, air pollution, vector and water-borne diseases, and wildfires. There is considerable complexity underlying the health of a population with many contributing factors including biological, ecological, social, political, and geographical. In addition, the relationship between climate change and changes in public health is difficult to predict for the most part, although more detailed information is available on temperature-related mortality and air pollution effects than the other endpoints discussed in this document. Consequently, these two topics are discussed in greater detail. Where possible, estimates of the magnitude and significance of these impacts are also discussed, along with possible adaptations that could reduce climate-related health impacts. In the context of this review, weather refers to meteorological conditions at a specific place and time over a relatively short time frame, such as up to a year or two. Climate, on the other hand, refers to the same meteorological conditions, but over a longer time frame, such as decades or centuries.

Download or read book Indicators of Climate Change in California written by Carmen Milanes (Environmentalist) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Change Impacts Vulnerabilities and Adaptation in the San Francisco Bay Area written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advanced Modeling of the Biological Effects of Climate Change and Land Use Planning in California written by Lee Hannah and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Change Impacts on Population Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the threats to public health linked to climate change, exposures to heightened air pollution and elevated temperatures rank high in national and international assessments. Climatic effects on air quality are well documented, especially for ozone, a secondary pollutant that increases in concentration with warmer temperatures. There is less certainty regarding the effects of climate change on fine particulate matter, air pollutant most hazardous to human health, and how a changing climate will affect the public health burden of air pollution overall. This research augments health impact studies of climate change by utilizing integrated modeling to better estimate the effects of exposures to climate-driven air pollution and heat on human health. The primary aims apply a mid-century summer climate projection for the eastern United States, the most populated region of the country that also faces a high burden of air pollution, as the foundation for health impact assessment. For this work, the US Environmental Protection Agency's Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program is used to combine environmental exposure, demographic, health incidence, and epidemiologic exposure-response models of risk to quantify the future burden of heat stress- and air pollution- related morbidity and mortality. A secondary research aim focuses on improving estimates of air pollution-related health impacts in highly polluted settings. Large epidemiologic prospective cohort studies of chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and mortality risk are largely confined to areas with low to moderate concentrations and posit log-linear exposure-response relationships. However, levels of this pollutant in developing countries such as India are typically higher, causing unknown health effects. Recently, integrated exposure-response functions for high pollution exposure consistent with a biological saturation hypothesis and integrating risk estimates from exposures in ambient air, secondhand smoke, and active smoking have been posited. This research applies the revised functions to estimate the life expectancy impacts associated with pollution exposure in India by 2030 using modeled air pollution projections from the Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies model. Collectively, the exposure and epidemiologic risk modeling approaches applied in this dissertation constitute a framework for better quantifying heat- and air-quality related health impacts.

Download or read book Mapping Climate Change Exposures Vulnerabilities and Adaptation to Public Health Risks in the San Francisco Bay and Fresno Regions written by Michael Jerrett and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Climate Change and California s Local Public Health Agencies written by Louise Bedsworth and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: