Biositu, LLC, 505D W Alabama St, Houston, TX 77006, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Dec 6;14(12):1519. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14121519.
Climate change is increasingly exacerbating existing population health hazards, as well as resulting in new negative health effects. Flooding is one particularly deadly example of its amplifying and expanding effect on public health. This systematic review considered evidence linking green building strategies in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System with the potential to reduce negative health outcomes following exposure to urban flooding events. Queries evaluated links between LEED credit requirements and risk of exposure to urban flooding, environmental determinants of health, co-benefits to public health outcomes, and co-benefits to built environment outcomes. Public health co-benefits to leveraging green building design to enhance flooding resilience included: improving the interface between humans and wildlife and reducing the risk of waterborne disease, flood-related morbidity and mortality, and psychological harm. We conclude that collaborations among the public health, climate change, civil society, and green building sectors to enhance community resilience to urban flooding could benefit population health.
气候变化正在加剧现有的人口健康危害，并导致新的负面健康影响。洪水是其对公共健康放大和扩大影响的一个特别致命的例子。本系统评价考虑了将绿色建筑战略与领导能源与环境设计（LEED）评级系统联系起来的证据，这些战略有可能减少城市洪水事件暴露后的负面健康后果。查询评估了 LEED 信用要求与暴露于城市洪水风险、健康环境决定因素、对公共健康结果的共同效益以及对建筑环境结果的共同效益之间的联系。利用绿色建筑设计提高洪水抵御能力的公共健康共同效益包括：改善人类与野生动物之间的界面，降低水传播疾病、与洪水有关的发病率和死亡率以及心理伤害的风险。我们的结论是，公共卫生、气候变化、民间社会和绿色建筑部门之间的合作，以增强社区对城市洪水的抵御能力，可以使人口健康受益。
