Socioeconomic status as an effect modifier of the association between built environment and mortality in elderly Hong Kong Chinese: A latent profile analysis

Lin, Jing; Leung, Jason; Yu, Blanche; Woo, Jean; Kwok, Timothy; Lau, Kevin Ka-Lun

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.110830

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“…For example, the CS and NDVI are significantly negatively correlated with mortality in some groups. The effects may be modified by education level, medical care, air conditioning use and socioeconomic status [64][65][66]. Public services such as medical services and education services are improved in the process of urbanization [67].…”

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Mediating Effect of Heat Waves between Ecosystem Services and Heat-Related Mortality of Characteristic Populations: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Wang

2023

IJERPH

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In the context of climate change, heat waves are a serious hazard having significant impacts on human health, especially vulnerable populations. Many studies have researched the association between extreme heat and mortality. In the context of urban planning, many studies have explored the cooling effect of green roofs, parks, urban forests and urban gardens. Nevertheless, few studies have analyzed the effect mechanism of specific ecosystem services (ESs) as mitigation measures to heat waves. This study aimed to determine the relationship among ESs, heat waves and the heat-related mortality risk of different groups by diseases, age and sex. The research was conducted in three cities in Jiangsu Province, including Nanjing, Suzhou and Yancheng. We quantified five ecosystem services, i.e., water supply service, carbon sequestration service, cooling service, biodiversity and cultural service. Based on the previous studies, we took the frequency of heat waves into account, extending the concept of the Heat Wave Magnitude Index (HWMI). A distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) was applied to estimate the effect of extreme heat on mortality. Then, the study used the process analysis method to explore the relationship among ESs, heat waves and heat-related mortality risks. The results indicated that (i) water supply service, carbon sequestration service, cooling service and biodiversity can reduce heat-related mortality while cultural service increases; (ii) the effects of carbon sequestration service and cultural service are stronger than other ESs; (iii) the effects of ESs on cardiorespiratory disease, stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality risks are higher than others; and (iv) women and elderly heat-related mortality risks are more affected by the ESs. This study can provide a theoretical support for policy makers to mitigate heatwave events, thus limiting heat-related mortality.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mediating Effect of Heat Waves between Ecosystem Services and Heat-Related Mortality of Characteristic Populations: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Wang

2023

IJERPH

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“…The built environment is defined as human-made physical environment surroundings and conditions (Lin et al, 2021 ; Travert et al, 2019 ). Built environment plays an important role in improving energy efficiency and reducing building energy consumption (Anderson et al, 2015 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Influence of built environment on building energy consumption: a case study in Nanjing, China

Wang

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et al. 2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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Built environment plays a significant role in optimizing building energy consumption. However, few studies have explored the comprehensive effect between built environment metrics on building energy consumption. Thus, this study aims to explore interrelationships between built environment on building energy consumption focused on moderating effect. In this study, we established a built environment measure system from the perspective of land use and land cover, landscape structure and building configuration. This study explored the correlation between built environment and building energy consumption and analyzed the moderating effect of building configuration emphatically. Results show that: for integrated grids group, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and modified normalized difference water index (MNDWI) have a positive influence and impervious area (IA) has a negative influence, with NDVI has the greatest impact. Building floor (BF), building coverage ratio (BCR) and aspect ratio can weaken the positive relationship between NDVI and energy use intensity of grid ( ). BCR weakens the positive effect of MNDWI on . The moderating effect of building configuration on EUI varies in the same grid group and among different grid groups. For sample 1, BCR inhibits the negative effect of mean perimeter–area ration (PARA-MN) on . For sample 2, BF promotes the negative effect of number of patches and land use richness index (R) on . And sky view factor inhibits the positive effect of IA on . This study reveals the pathways of built environment on building energy consumption. As a result, the keys of optimizing building energy consumption are the reasonable planning and optimization of the urban built environment of different land cover. Graphical abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-023-02930-w.

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“…The built environment is defined as human-made physical environment surroundings and conditions [8,9]. Urban spatial conditions can change the wind direction and velocity, which affect the air pollution dispersion [10].…”

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Air Pollution and Human Health: Investigating the Moderating Effect of the Built Environment

et al. 2022

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Air pollution seriously threatens human health and even causes mortality. It is necessary to explore effective prevention methods to mitigate the adverse effect of air pollution. Shaping a reasonable built environment has the potential to benefit human health. In this context, this study quantified the built environment, air pollution, and mortality at 1 km × 1 km grid cells. The moderating effect model was used to explore how built environment factors affect the impact of air pollution on cause-specific mortality and the heterogeneity in different areas classified by building density and height. Consequently, we found that greenness played an important role in mitigating the effect of ozone (O3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on mortality. Water area and diversity of land cover can reduce the effect of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and NO2 on mortality. Additionally, gas stations, edge density (ED), perimeter-area fractal dimension (PAFRAC), and patch density (PD) can reduce the effect of NO2 on mortality. There is heterogeneity in the moderating effect of the built environment for different cause-specific mortality and areas classified by building density and height. This study can provide support for urban planners to mitigate the adverse effect of air pollution from the perspective of the built environment.

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Socioeconomic status as an effect modifier of the association between built environment and mortality in elderly Hong Kong Chinese: A latent profile analysis

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

Mediating Effect of Heat Waves between Ecosystem Services and Heat-Related Mortality of Characteristic Populations: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Mediating Effect of Heat Waves between Ecosystem Services and Heat-Related Mortality of Characteristic Populations: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Influence of built environment on building energy consumption: a case study in Nanjing, China

Air Pollution and Human Health: Investigating the Moderating Effect of the Built Environment

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