Review Heat exposure impacts on urban health

Assessing and forecasting collective urban heat exposure with smart ...

Due to population growth, climate change, and the urban heat island effect, heat exposure is becoming an important issue faced by urban ...

Heat Exposure and Cardiovascular Health - CDC

... reviewed literature on the health impacts of fan distribution programs. ... roofs can reduce up to 7% of the total heat-related mortality that is due to the urban ...

A Heat Emergency: Urban Heat Exposure and Access to Refuge in ...

Community involvement in the mitigation and management of extreme heat threats, especially for those disproportionately impacted, is necessary ...

Heat Stress and Public Health: A Critical Review - Annual Reviews

Heat is an environmental and occupational hazard. The prevention of deaths in the community caused by extreme high temperatures (heat waves) ...

The health effects of hotter summers and heat waves in the ...

This review finds that all UK studies demonstrate an increase in heat-related mortality occurring at temperatures above threshold values.

Disproportionately higher exposure to urban heat in lower-income ...

A growing literature documents the effects of heat stress on premature mortality and other adverse health outcomes. Urban heat islands (UHI) can exacerbate ...

Combined effects of air pollution and heat exposure in Europe

Extreme temperatures and air pollution combined pose a greater risk to health ... Historically, the impacts of environmental factors such as noise ...

Health Impacts of Workplace Heat Exposure: An Epidemiological ...

Finally, 55 original articles were identified. Manual workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress, ...

Estimating policy-relevant health effects of ambient heat exposures ...

We observed an increased risk of heat stress (Risk ratio (RR) = 1.366, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.347, 1.386) and dehydration (RR = 1.024, ...

(PDF) Research on the effects of extreme heat exposure on human ...

Extreme heat is not only a threat to physical health but also to mental health. Epidemiological studies have shown that heat waves can increase ...

Heat and Health – C-CHANGE

A sprawling analysis published by The Lancet focuses on public health data from 2019, and finds that heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather increasingly ...

Urban Overheating: Heat Mitigation and the Impact on Health

Specifically, they can cause heat stress, sleep disorders and cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory diseases. The purpose of the present chapter is to present a ...

Need to Understand the Impact of Extreme Heat on Urban Health

The studies included in the review reported that for every 1°C rise above the heat threshold, mortality increased by up to 2.5 per cent, ...

Personal assessment of urban heat exposure: A systematic review

We further summarize current knowledge and challenges in addressing the impact of personal heat exposure on human life by discussing the literature linked with ...

How heat affects the mind - American Psychological Association

The impacts can put already-vulnerable people in crisis during heat waves but may also lead to general mental health impacts and increased ...

Chapter 2: Temperature-Related Death and Illness

In some cases, particularly with extreme temperature conditions, the increase in premature deaths and illness can be quite dramatic and the health impact may be ...

How extreme heat affects human health: A research roundup

Work-related injuries during hot weather include heat stress, inability to work, heat-related illness, loss of productivity and even death. The ...

Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events: How Health Systems ...

This EHE was linked with a 69-fold increase in ED visits in Washington State for heat stroke, heat exhaustion, exacerbation of chronic medical ...

Heat at work: Implications for safety and health

Heat stress can immediately impact workers on the job, leading to illnesses such as heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and even death. In the longer term, workers can ...

Surviving indoor heat stress in United States - Cell Press

The review illuminates the effects of overheating on thermal comfort, health, and socio-economic aspects within the built environment.