Adapting to extreme heat events : guidelines for assessing health vulnerability / prepared by: Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau. : H128-1/11-654E
Provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment methodology that has been developed by Health Canada, with support from a range of partners active in efforts to prepare people for climate change. In developing this guidance, leading experts and stakeholders from local communities helped to identify and articulate the risks to the health of Canadians from extreme heat and the range of viable adaptation options.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Health Canada. Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch. |
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| Title | Adapting to extreme heat events : guidelines for assessing health vulnerability / prepared by: Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Health Canada. c2011. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | iii, 46p. : coloured figs., coloured maps, glossary, references, tables, photographs ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN | 978-1-100-18659-7 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | HC Pub.: 110112 |
| Subject terms | Weather |