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Susceptibility Of Public Health Impacts From Flooded Water, Wastewater And Public Infrastructure: Guidebook For Community Assessment
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2019
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Description:The project goal was to improve the resiliency of coastal communities by developing an assessment tool to identify weaknesses in public health infrastructure - specifically water, wastewater and access to health care facilities - to flooding, and to locate resources to reduce susceptibility to public health disasters. This guidebook was made possible through support to the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal and Ocean Climate Applications (COCA) program, aimed at addressing the needs of decision-makers grappling with pressing climate-related issues in coastal and marine environments. The purpose of this guidebook is to provide coastal communities with a resource to investigate vulnerable infrastructure that poses a risk to public health in our changing climate, with an emphasis on flooding. This guidebook provides stepwise instructions on how to use our novel mixed-methods Susceptibility Index (SI) to conduct infrastructure and public/environmental health risk assessments. Our intention is for the SI to be transferable to various weather and climate scenarios and used as a preparation tookkit for public health officials, emergency managers, hospital preparedness coordinators, and local municipalities.
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Sea Grant Document Number:SCSGC-H-19-001
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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