Author: Ebi, Kristie L.; Mills, David M.; Smith, Joel B.; Grambsch, Anne
Title: Climate Change and Human Health Impacts in the United States: An Update on the Results of the U.S. National Assessment Document date: 2006_5_18
ID: 124czudi_11
Snippet: Poverty, which was identified as a risk factor but not defined in the HSA, is generally determined at the family level by comparing estimates of income with thresholds that vary according to family size and composition. Poverty increases vulnerability to climate-sensitive health outcomes directly by reducing the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and is often positively correlated with increasing susceptibility to climate-sensitive health o.....
Document: Poverty, which was identified as a risk factor but not defined in the HSA, is generally determined at the family level by comparing estimates of income with thresholds that vary according to family size and composition. Poverty increases vulnerability to climate-sensitive health outcomes directly by reducing the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and is often positively correlated with increasing susceptibility to climate-sensitive health outcomes. Because the conditions associated with being poor may change over time, the future risk associated with being poor also may change. For example, if the future incomes of the poorest Americans rise sufficiently such that air conditioning becomes a standard feature in their homes, this group could have increased resilience to heat events. As a result, the degree of risk associated with being poor Hurricanes or tornadoes or floods or heat waves or precipitation or rainfall or snowfall Set 4
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