Greening is a promising but likely insufficient adaptation strategy to limit the health impacts of extreme heat

Pascal, Mathilde; Goria, Sarah; Wagner, Vérène; Sabastia, Marine; Guillet, A; Cordeau, Erwan; Mauclair, Cécile; Host, Sabine

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106441

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“…Further, parks can also serve as a gathering place during disasters where local residents can build social coalition and support ( Roe and McCay, 2021 ). The role of parks in planning for neighborhood resilience has also been discussed in the context of various types of disasters, including natural (e.g., extreme heat, earthquakes, cyclones) and man-made disasters (e.g., terrorist attacks, wars) ( Aram et al., 2019 ; Pascal et al., 2021 ; Tidball and Krasny, 2013 ). The results of our study also suggest that planning efforts should focus on increasing investment in parks and green spaces in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods, and this matters for improving the psychological resilience of the lower-income residents and social equity.…”

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Unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: Role of the neighborhood environment

Huang

Liu

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: Role of the neighborhood environment

Huang

Liu

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…For all population subgroups, they would be benefited from better urban design. Increasing the percentage of community greenery and blue-green spaces have been widely adopted and promoted measures to regulate heat, noise, and pollution (Filho et al, 2021 ; Pascal et al 2021 ; Krüger 2021 ). Tall urban vegetation showed positive impact on thermal comfort through shading and evapotranspiration, bringing down thermal exposure and UTCI by up to 10.5 °C (Lehnert et al 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Visits to the accident and emergency department in hot season of a city with subtropical climate: association with heat stress and related meteorological variables

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Background Literature reporting the association between heat stress defined by universal thermal climate index (UTCI) and emergency department visits is mainly conducted in Europe. This study aimed to investigate the association between heat stress, as defined by the UTCI, and visits to the accident and emergency department (AED) in Hong Kong, which represents a subtropical climate region. Methods A retrospective study involving 13,438,846 AED visits in the public sector from May 2000 to September 2016, excluding 2003 and 2009, was conducted in Hong Kong. Age-sex-specific ANCOVA models of daily AED rates on heat stress and prolonged heat stress, adjusting for air quality, prolonged poor air quality, typhoon, rainstorm, year, day of the week, public holiday, summer vacation, and fee charging, were used. Results On a day with strong heat stress (32.1 °C ≤ UTCI ≤ 38.0 °C), the AED visit rate (per 100,000) increased by 0.9 (95% CI: 0.5, 1.3) and 1.7 (95% CI: 1.3, 2.1) for females and males aged 19–64 and 4.1 (95% CI: 2.7, 5.4) and 4.1 (95% CI: 2.6, 5.6) for females and males aged ≥ 65, while keeping other variables constant. On a day with very strong heat stress (38.1 °C ≤ UTCI ≤ 46.0 °C), the corresponding rates increased by 0.6 (95% CI: 0.1, 1.2), 2.2 (95% CI: 1.7, 2.7), 4.9 (95% CI: 3.1, 6.7), and 4.7 (95% CI: 2.7, 6.6), respectively. The effect size of heat stress associated with AED visit rates was negligible among those aged ≤ 18. Heat stress showed the greatest effect size for males aged 19–64 among all subgroups. Conclusion Biothermal condition from heat stress was associated with the health of the citizens in a city with a subtropical climate and reflected in the increase of daily AED visit. Public health recommendations have been made accordingly for the prevention of heat-related AED visits.

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“…The concern in urban environments with respect to rural ones is peculiar causing different health consequences, also due to interactions with pollutants of different origins, and with urban greening that can be associated with increased exposure to pesticides and allergenic pollen, although this evidence is weaker [79,80]. On the other hand, health benefits due to the presence of urban green spaces and infrastructures have been reported, including the attenuation of indoor temperatures and heat islands, the improving of air quality, the reduction of temperature and air pollution [81] and a lack of vegetation associated with a higher risk of heat-related mortality [82]. In addition, Sustainable Development Goal 3 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to "ensure healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages".…”

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Intercomparison of Indoor and Outdoor Pollen Concentrations in Rural and Suburban Research Workplaces

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Pollen exposure in occupational settings involves different categories of workers. In this paper the effects of diurnal pollen variations have been evaluated in two sites characterized by different vegetation and urbanization: the suburban site of Tor Vergata (TV) and the rural site of Monte Porzio Catone (MPC). Aerobiological and meteorological monitoring was performed in the two sites during the winter of 2017. The data analysis focuses on the comparison between pollen concentrations observed in relation to meteorological variables. In general, it can be stated that the indoor and outdoor dynamics for MPC and TV are different, with the outdoor concentration of pollen for MPC always higher than for TV, in accordance with significant presence of vegetation. The high nocturnal peaks detected in MPC and completely absent in TV could be caused by the presence of particular conditions of stagnation combined with greater emissions from the pollen sources. Furthermore the higher I/O ratio observed during the working hours in TV compared to MPC could be ascribed to the workers’ behavior. Exposure to pollen can be responsible for several health effects and the knowledge of its level can be useful to improve the evaluation and management of this biological risk.

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Greening is a promising but likely insufficient adaptation strategy to limit the health impacts of extreme heat

Cited by 52 publications

References 58 publications

Unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: Role of the neighborhood environment

Unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: Role of the neighborhood environment

Visits to the accident and emergency department in hot season of a city with subtropical climate: association with heat stress and related meteorological variables

Intercomparison of Indoor and Outdoor Pollen Concentrations in Rural and Suburban Research Workplaces

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