Increasing the resilience to the health impacts of extreme weather on elderly people under future climate change
Grant Data
Project Title
Increasing the resilience to the health impacts of extreme weather on elderly people under future climate change
Principal Investigator
Professor Li, Yuguo
(Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) (for projects led by other university))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Ng Edward Yan Yung
(Project coordinator)
Duration
48
Start Date
2019-06-24
Amount
663143
Conference Title
Increasing the resilience to the health impacts of extreme weather on elderly people under future climate change
Keywords
extreme weather, climate change, design guidance, weather information services, climate resilience
Discipline
Environmental Design (including interior design, space design)Public Health
HKU Project Code
R4046-18
Grant Type
Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2018/19
Funding Year
2018
Status
On-going
Objectives
(1) To downscale global climate data to urban scale for weather information services and healthimpact assessment(2) To develop a mitigation action plan with better urban planning and building design under extremeweather(3) To develop an adaptation action plan for supporting services to increase the resilience of elderlypeople to extreme weather