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Humboldt County General Plan Update Health Impact Assessment

See the case study published in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Justice, Humboldt County General Plan Update Health Impact Assessment: A Case Study, in Volume 2, No. 3, 2009. This article was authored by E. Celia Harris, Ann Lindsay, Jonathan C. Heller, Kim Gihuly, Melanie Williams, Brian Cox, and Jennifer Rice.


General Plan Update Health Impact Assessment: authored by Human Impact Partners, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Branch, and the Humboldt Partnership for Active Living.

Cover Page
Table of Contents

Executive Summary [329 kb pdf]
Sustainable and Safe Transportation
[1.76 mb pdf}
Healthy Housing
[213 kb pdf]
Public Infrastructure [1.95 mb pdf]
Public Safety and Social Cohesion
[1.12mb pdf]
Healthy Economy [169 kb pdf]
Environmental Stewardship [604 kb pdf]

All Sections [5.55mb pdf]

News Articles

Board reviews health impact assessment. The Eureka Reporter, September 2, 2008.

Health impact assessment raises ire among development community. Jessie Faulkner. The Times-Standard, September 3, 2008.