Role of vegetation as a mitigating factor in the urban context

F Ferrini, A Fini, J Mori, A Gori - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is known that the urban environment amplifies the effects of climate change, sometimes
with disastrous consequences that put people at risk. These aspects can be affected by …

A multi-hazards earth science perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential for concurrent and cascading crises

MC Quigley, J Attanayake, A King… - Environment Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
Meteorological and geophysical hazards will concur and interact with coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) impacts in many regions on Earth. These interactions will challenge the …

Factors that influence climate change-related mortality in the United States: an integrative review

R McDermott-Levy, M Scolio, KM Shakya… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global atmospheric warming leads to climate change that results in a cascade of events
affecting human mortality directly and indirectly. The factors that influence climate change …

Identification of heat risk patterns in the US National Capital Region by integrating heat stress and related vulnerability

C Aubrecht, D Özceylan - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
The increase in the number and severity of weather extremes (including excessive heat)
potentially associated with climate change has highlighted the needs for research into risk …

[HTML][HTML] Risk assessment for cardiovascular and respiratory mortality due to air pollution and synoptic meteorology in 10 Canadian cities

JK Vanos, C Hebbern, S Cakmak - Environmental Pollution, 2014 - Elsevier
Synoptic weather and ambient air quality synergistically influence human health. We report
the relative risk of mortality from all non-accidental, respiratory-, and cardiovascular-related …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of recent heat waves on human health in California

K Guirguis, A Gershunov, A Tardy… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Impact of Recent Heat Waves on Human Health in California in: Journal of Applied
Meteorology and Climatology Volume 53 Issue 1 (2014) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Short-term effects of ambient temperature and road traffic accident injuries in Dalian, Northern China: A distributed lag non-linear analysis

M Liang, D Zhao, Y Wu, P Ye, Y Wang, Z Yao… - Accident Analysis & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although traffic accidents cause considerable economic losses and injuries to
individuals, families, and communities, little is known about the impact of meteorological …

Urban heat island intensity and spatial variability by synoptic weather type in the northeast US

AW Hardin, Y Liu, G Cao, JK Vanos - Urban climate, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding regional air temperature (T a) variability and urban heat island (UHI)
magnitude has posed challenges given the minimal observational stations in urban areas …

Impact of heatwave intensity using excess heat factor on emergency department presentations and related healthcare costs in Adelaide, South Australia

BY Wondmagegn, J **ang, K Dear, S Williams… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The health impacts of heatwaves are a growing public health concern with the
frequency, intensity, and duration of heatwaves increasing with global climate change …

The SSC: a decade of climate–health research and future directions

DM Hondula, JK Vanos, SN Gosling - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the development of the revised Spatial Synoptic
Classification, the “SSC”, by Scott Sheridan. This daily weather-type classification scheme …