Heat stress mortality and desired adaptation responses of healthcare system in Poland

Błażejczyk, Anna; Błażejczyk, Krzysztof; Baranowski, Jarosław; Kuchcik, Magdalena

doi:10.1007/s00484-017-1423-0

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“…The short-term impacts of weather could induce subjective ailments in men, intensify some objective symptoms of many illnesses and within the groups of higher risk (elderly, convalescent, small children) they could cause a death. Long-term impacts lead to cumulating in the body negative agents and can cause permanent changes in health status of individuals (Confalonieri et al 2007, Skotak 2010, Błażejczyk et al 2015, 2017.…”

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Climate Related Diseases. Current Regional Variability and Projections to the Year 2100

Błażejczyk

Baranowski

Błażejczyk³

2018

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The health of individuals and societies depends on different factors including atmospheric conditions which influence humans in direct and indirect ways. The paper presents regional variability of some climate related diseases (CRD) in Poland: salmonellosis intoxications, Lyme boreliosis, skin cancers (morbidity and mortality), influenza, overcooling deaths, as well as respiratory and circulatory mortality. The research consisted of two stages: 1) statistical modelling basing on past data and 2) projections of CRD for three SRES scenarios of climate change (A1B, A2, B1) to the year 2100. Several simple and multiply regression models were found for the relationships between climate variables and CRD. The models were applied to project future levels of CRD. At the end of 21st century we must expect increase in: circulatory mortality, Lyme boreliosis infections and skin cancer morbidity and mortality. There is also projected decrease in: respiratory mortality, overcooling deaths and influenza infections.

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“…The project considered also changes in heat and cold related mortality in Poland and the results of such studies were published by Błażejczyk et al (2017). The aim of the paper is to present spatial distribution of selected climate related diseases (CRD) in Poland.…”

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Climate Related Diseases. Current Regional Variability and Projections to the Year 2100

Błażejczyk

Baranowski

Błażejczyk³

2018

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“…Research has shown that urban areas are typically warmer than their rural counterparts; a difference that can be attributed to the phenomenon known as urban heat island effect (UHI) (Ward et al, 2016;Oke, 1982;Taha, 2017). This effect is strong enough to cause major physical and mental health problems for citizens (Luber & McGeehin, 2008;Tan et al, 2010;Lemonsu et al, 2015;Błażejczyk et al, 2018). Urban green spaces not only beautify the urban landscape but also moderate urban climate by increasing humidity and lowering air temperature (Brown et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2017).…”

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Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

Aram

Solgi

García

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Background: In densely populated urban centers, increased air temperature due to urban heat island (UHI) effect can undermine the thermal comfort and health of citizens. Research has shown that large urban parks can mitigate the effect of UHIs and improve thermal comfort, especially in the warmer months of the year when temperature changes are more noticeable. This study investigated the cooling effect intensity (CEI) of the Retiro Park in the center of Madrid at three different distances from its southern edge and the impact of this cooling effect on thermal comfort from physiological and psychological perspectives. This investigation was performed by measuring microclimate data and conducting a survey simultaneously during the summer days. Results: The results showed that the CEI of the park varies with distance from its edge. Because of this effect, air temperature within the 130m and 280m distance of the park was respectively 1.6°C and 0.9°C lower than the temperature at the 520m distance (the nearest heat island). After examining the effect of the park in terms of Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), it was found that the PET at the 130m and 280m distance of the park was 9.3% and 5.4% less than the PET in the heat island domain. More than 81% of the respondents (in all three areas) had a mental image of the park as the place where they would experience the highest level of outdoor thermal comfort, and this rate was higher in the areas closer to the park. The analysis of citizens’ responses about perceived thermal comfort (PTC) showed that citizens in areas with higher CEI had perceived a higher degree of thermal comfort from the psychological perspective.Conclusion: This study demonstrates the significant role of large urban parks located in the core of the populated cities in providing thermal comfort for citizens from both physiological and psychological perspectives. Additionally, the results of this study demonstrated that among the environmental (natural and artificial) factors around the park (topography, urban structure, etc.), the aspect ratio has the greatest impact on thermal comfort.

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“…These thermal comfort indices have been used to investigate the relationship between heatwave events and human health and assess the heat-related risk to human health [13][14][15][16]. Several studies reported that the use of physiology-based thermal comfort indices is appropriate for the assessment of heat-related as well as cold-related health risks [17][18][19].…”

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Event-Based Heat-Related Risk Assessment Model for South Korea Using Maximum Perceived Temperature, Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature, and Air Temperature Data

Kang

Kim

Shin

2020

IJERPH

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This study aimed to assess the heat-related risk (excess mortality rate) at six cities, namely, Seoul, Incheon, Daejeon, Gwangju, Daegu, and Busan, in South Korea using the daily maximum perceived temperature (PTmax), which is a physiology-based thermal comfort index, the wet-bulb globe temperature, which is meteorology-based thermal comfort index, and air temperature. Particularly, the applicability of PTmax was evaluated using excess mortality rate modeling. An event-based heat-related risk assessment model was employed for modeling the excess mortality rate. The performances of excess mortality rate models using those variables were evaluated for two data sets that were used (training data, 2000–2016) and not used (test data, 2017–2018) for the construction of the assessment models. Additionally, the excess mortality rate was separately modeled depending on regions and ages. PTmax is a good temperature indicator that can be used to model the excess mortality rate in South Korea. The application of PTmax in modeling the total mortality rate yields the best performances for the test data set, particularly for young people. From a forecasting perspective, PTmax is the most appropriate temperature indicator for assessing the heat-related excess mortality rate in South Korea.

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Heat stress mortality and desired adaptation responses of healthcare system in Poland

Cited by 55 publications

References 67 publications

Climate Related Diseases. Current Regional Variability and Projections to the Year 2100

Climate Related Diseases. Current Regional Variability and Projections to the Year 2100

Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

Event-Based Heat-Related Risk Assessment Model for South Korea Using Maximum Perceived Temperature, Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature, and Air Temperature Data

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