A Community EcoHealth Index from EnviroAtlas Ecosystem Services Metrics

Cochran, Ferdouz; Jackson, Laura; Neale, Anne; Lovette, John; Tran, Liem

doi:10.3390/ijerph16152760

Title: A Community EcoHealth Index from EnviroAtlas Ecosystem Services Metrics

Journal Article · Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152760· OSTI ID:1564319

Cochran, Ferdouz; Jackson, Laura; Neale, Anne;

; Tran, Liem

Human health is inextricably tied to ecosystem services (ES), including those associated with greenspace in urban communities. EnviroAtlas provides close to 100 maps of ES metrics based on high-resolution land cover data in featured communities across the contiguous United States. Using selected EnviroAtlas ES metrics, a Community EcoHealth Index (CEHI) was created based on an ecohealth framework including health promotion and hazard buffering domains. Aggregation of eight selected ES metrics in these domains entailed a weighted distance measure, where objective, data-driven weights were generated. CEHI was calculated by Census Block Group (CBG) at both the local level and the national level for 22 EnviroAtlas communities. Results were mapped to show one- to five-star CBGs or neighborhoods within and across all 22 featured communities. At the national level, CEHI favors communities in forested ecoregions. The local version of CEHI is more appropriate to inform social, economic, and environmental decision-making for improving community ES associated with human health.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: DW-89-92429801

OSTI ID:: 1564319

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Journal Information:: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Name: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 16 Journal Issue: 15; ISSN 1660-4601

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