On the association of ambient temperature and elderly mortality in a Mediterranean island - Crete

Tsekeri, Elisavet; Κολοκότσα, Δ.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139843

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“…One of the consequences of increased temperatures with definitive and detrimental effects on human health is the occurrence of heat waves (HW). HWs are defined as episodes of prolonged high temperatures resulting in increased thermal stress and often linked to heat-related health conditions (e.g., pulmonary heart diseases and increased occurrence of strokes) especially among vulnerable populations (i.e., the elderly, the unhealthy and those from societies that experience energy poverty [2][3][4][5].…”

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Synergies between urban heat island and heat waves in Seoul: The role of wind speed and land use characteristics

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The effects of heat waves (HW) are more pronounced in urban areas than in rural areas due to the additive effect of the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. However, the synergies between UHI and HW are still an open scientific question and have only been quantified for a few metropolitan cities. In the current study, we explore the synergies between UHI and HW in Seoul city. We consider summertime data from two non-consecutive years (i.e., 2012 and 2016) and ten automatic weather stations. Our results show that UHI is more intense during HW periods than non-heat wave (NHW) periods (i.e., normal summer background conditions), with a maximum UHI difference of 3.30°C and 4.50°C, between HW and NHW periods, in 2012 and 2016 respectively. Our results also show substantial variations in the synergies between UHI and HW due to land use characteristics and synoptic weather conditions; the synergies were relatively more intense in densely built areas and under low wind speed conditions. Our results contribute to our understanding of thermal risks posed by HW in urban areas and, subsequently, the health risks on urban populations. Moreover, they are of significant importance to emergency relief providers as a resource allocation guideline, for instance, regarding which areas and time of the day to prioritize during HW periods in Seoul.

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Synergies between urban heat island and heat waves in Seoul: The role of wind speed and land use characteristics

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“…(2017) analyzed the importance of green spaces, with regard to health and well-being, as well as the evidence for particular benefits such as increased mental health and lower cardiovascular and respiratory risks. In a different context, Tsekeri, Kolokotsa, and Santamouris (2020) showed the increased risk of mortality for elderly people related to high apparent (and lagged ambient) temperature.…”

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Digitalization of Participatory Greening - The case of UnionYouth in Chania

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Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eC

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“…Previous studies have revealed the links between ambient temperature change and diseases, in both cold and hot weather [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. The exposure to ambient temperature is one of the important determinants of disease burden [ 5 ], mortality and morbidity [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. Moreover, some studies find the relationship between ambient temperature and morbidity is not linear, but a U-, V- or J-shaped pattern [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ].…”

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The Association Pattern between Ambient Temperature Change and Leukocyte Counts

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Yang

Liu

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Ambient temperature change is one of the risk factors of human health. Moreover, links between white blood cell counts (WBC) and diseases have been revealed in the literature. Still, we do not know of any association between ambient temperature change and WBC counts. The aim of our study is to investigate the relationship between ambient temperature change and WBC counts. We conducted this two-year population-based observational study in Kaohsiung city, recruiting voluntary community participants. Total WBC and differential counts, demographic data and health hazard habits were collected and matched with the meteorological data of air-quality monitoring stations with participants’ study dates and addresses. Generalized additive models (GAM) with penalized smoothing spline functions were performed for the trend of temperature changes and WBC counts. There were 9278 participants (45.3% male, aged 54.3 ± 5.9 years-old) included in analysis. Compared with stable weather conditions, the WBC counts were statistically higher when the one-day lag temperature changed over 2 degrees Celsius, regardless of whether colder or hotter. We found a V-shaped pattern association between WBC counts and temperature changes in GAM. The ambient temperature change was associated with WBC counts, and might imply an impact on systematic inflammation response.

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On the association of ambient temperature and elderly mortality in a Mediterranean island - Crete

Cited by 30 publications

References 27 publications

Synergies between urban heat island and heat waves in Seoul: The role of wind speed and land use characteristics

Synergies between urban heat island and heat waves in Seoul: The role of wind speed and land use characteristics

Digitalization of Participatory Greening - The case of UnionYouth in Chania

The Association Pattern between Ambient Temperature Change and Leukocyte Counts

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