Indicators for climate change-driven urban health impact assessment.

Autor: Trájer AJ; Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary., Sebestyén V; Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary; MTA-PE 'Lendület' Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary. Electronic address: sebestyenv@almos.uni-pannon.hu., Domokos E; Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary., Abonyi J; MTA-PE 'Lendület' Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, 8200, Hungary.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2022 Dec 01; Vol. 323, pp. 116165. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116165
Abstrakt: Climate change can cause multiply potential health issues in urban areas, which is the most susceptible environment in terms of the presently increasing climate volatility. Urban greening strategies make an important part of the adaptation strategies which can ameliorate the negative impacts of climate change. It was aimed to study the potential impacts of different kinds of greenings against the adverse effects of climate change, including waterborne, vector-borne diseases, heat-related mortality, and surface ozone concentration in a medium-sized Hungarian city. As greening strategies, large and pocket parks were considered, based on our novel location identifier algorithm for climate risk minimization. A method based on publicly available data sources including satellite pictures, climate scenarios and urban macrostructure has been developed to evaluate the health-related indicator patterns in cities. The modelled future- and current patterns of the indicators have been compared. The results can help the understanding of the possible future state of the studied indicators and the development of adequate greening strategies. Another outcome of the study is that it is not the type of health indicator but its climate sensitivity that determines the extent to which it responds to temperature rises and how effective greening strategies are in addressing the expected problem posed by the factor.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Janos Abonyi reports financial support was provided by National Research Development and Innovation Office.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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