Background Extreme heat is an important public health risk. Climate change will likely
increase the temperatures humans are exposed to through exacerbated heat wave intensity …

Exposure to extreme heat can lead to a range of heat-related illnesses, exacerbate pre-
existing health conditions and cause increased demand on the healthcare system. A …

Global warming is leading to increased heat stress in many regions around the world. An
extensive number of heat stress indicators (HSIs) has been developed to measure the …

Despite the active applications of thermal comfort indices for heat wave definitions, there is
lack of evaluation for the impact of extended days of high temperature on health outcomes …

Urban compact buildings impose large frictional drag on boundary-layer air flow and create
stagnant air within the building environment. It results in exacerbating the street-level …

Existing heat–health warning systems focus on warning vulnerable groups in order to
reduce mortality. However, human health and performance are affected at much lower …

Numerous extreme heatwaves producing large impacts on human health, agriculture, water
resources, energy demand, regional economies, and forest ecosystems occurred during the …

The assessment of the impact of meteorological factors on the epidemiology of various
diseases and on human pathophysiology and physiology requires a comprehensive …

Urban outdoor thermal conditions, and its impacts on the health and well-being for the city
inhabitants have reached increased attention among biometeorological studies during the …

In the last few decades extreme heat events have led to substantial excess mortality, most
dramatically in Central Europe in 2003, in Russia in 2010, and even in typically cool …