Health effects of coastal storms and flooding in urban areas: a review and vulnerability assessment.
Health effects of coastal storms and flooding in urban areas: a review and vulnerability assessment.
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10.1155/2013/913064
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2013
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Matte T
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Lane K;Charles-Guzman K;Wheeler K;Abid Z;Graber N;Matte T
沿海风暴会对公众的健康造成毁灭性的损失。像纽约市（NYC）这样的城市地区可能特别危险，因为它们人口密集，依赖交通，能源基础设施容易受到洪水破坏，高层住宅可能受到电力和公用事业中断的严重打击。未来几十年，气候变化将加剧这些风险。全球变暖导致海平面上升，这将加剧风暴潮。这些预测使得为风暴的健康影响做好准备变得更加重要。我们对美国沿海风暴的健康影响进行了广泛的审查，以告知气候适应规划工作，重点关注与纽约市和城市沿海地区相关的成果，并从最近的超级风暴桑迪中吸取了一些经验教训。根据文献，健康脆弱性指标的选择和映射在纽约市的社区。为沿海风暴和洪水的广泛预期影响做好准备可能有助于减少这些事件造成的公共卫生负担。
Coastal storms can take a devastating toll on the public's health. Urban areas like New York City (NYC) may be particularly at risk, given their dense population, reliance on transportation, energy infrastructure that is vulnerable to flood damage, and high-rise residential housing, which may be hard-hit by power and utility outages. Climate change will exacerbate these risks in the coming decades. Sea levels are rising due to global warming, which will intensify storm surge. These projections make preparing for the health impacts of storms even more important. We conducted a broad review of the health impacts of US coastal storms to inform climate adaptation planning efforts, with a focus on outcomes relevant to NYC and urban coastal areas, and incorporated some lessons learned from recent experience with Superstorm Sandy. Based on the literature, indicators of health vulnerability were selected and mapped within NYC neighborhoods. Preparing for the broad range of anticipated effects of coastal storms and floods may help reduce the public health burden from these events.