Rethinking urban heat stress: Assessing risk and adaptation options across socioeconomic groups in Bonn, Germany

Sandholz, Simone; Sett, Dominic; Greco, Angelica; Wannewitz, Mia; Garschagen, Matthias

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100857

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“…An extensive range of data regarding the environmental and socio-economic state and dynamics in the city is required for a human heat vulnerability assessment. Fourteen indicators were selected to compute the index based on previous research [20,21,27,29,74,[81][82][83][84]. From our literature review, a list of indicators was derived from different sources and grouped into the categories of susceptibility, as well as coping and adaptive capacity, as shown in Table 1.…”

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Linkages between Typologies of Existing Urban Development Patterns and Human Vulnerability to Heat Stress in Lahore

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The combined effects of global warming, urbanization, and demographic change influence climate risk for urban populations, particularly in metropolitan areas with developing economies. To inform climate change adaptation and spatial planning, it is important to study urban climatic hazards and populations at risk in relation to urban growth trends and development patterns. However, this relationship has not been adequately investigated in studies dedicated to climate vulnerability. This study identifies the typologies of development patterns within Lahore, Pakistan, investigates the heat vulnerability of residents at a neighborhood scale, and establishes a relationship between both of these factors. We identified urban clusters with diverse development patterns. Fourteen context- and site-specific indicators were selected to construct a human heat vulnerability index. Weighted sum, cluster analysis, and ANOVA test of variance were conducted to analyze the data. Our results demonstrate that development patterns significantly influence human vulnerability to heat stress, e.g., vulnerability is higher in older cities and undeveloped neighborhoods with less diverse land uses. These findings are essential for informing policy-makers, decision-makers and spatial planners about proactive adaptation planning in dynamic urban environments.

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“…The access of households to electronic or print media is an important determinant while quantifying heat-relevant coping capacity [34,81].…”

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“…The cohorts are weighted for age-related heat sensitivity based on studies of heat stress mortality rates [53,[56][57][58] according to the following formula: According to this formula, the classic focus is not only on the very young or very old population, but the entire population is considered differently according to its age structure. A special feature, for example, is the explicit consideration of the age group of 6-64-yearolds, who, according to recent surveys, feel particularly affected by heat stress [59,60]. As a result, more detailed statements on the sensitivity to heat stress can be visualised at the level of the municipalities, which consider the differentiated sensitivity of certain age cohorts as well as their absolute and relative distribution within residential areas.…”

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Climate Impact Assessment for Sustainable Structural Change in the Rhenish Lignite Mining Region

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Othmer

Greiving

2022

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The Rhenish lignite mining region is facing enormous structural changes due to the withdrawal from opencast mining. The current planning of the regional transformation process, however, has so far only insufficiently considered the local impacts of climate change and thus also existing needs for action as well as opportunities in the context of sustainable regional development. However, the integrated consideration of these challenges is probably one of the biggest strategic challenges for this region. The aim of our study was therefore to apply a method for the integrated analysis of structural and climatic changes in the context of a climate impact assessment. We follow a parallel spatial modelling approach and use scenario corridors to describe the bandwidth of potential future conditions. The results clearly show the influence of other drivers such as changes in population and land use, and thus the adaptation options within the context of a sustainable transformation process. Structural changes should be considered in the context of climate impact analyses, as well as climate changes in the management of structural change.

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“…For instance, the heat adaptation and thermal perception of different age groups is primarily built upon their bodies thermally-resistant capability, while they are also relevant to individual's health condition, daily life habits and economic conditions. In socio-demographic aspect, young children, the elderly, those with low socioeconomic status, those with low educational attainment, those living alone, and those with different household registration and residence are susceptible to high temperature [9]. Individuals who suffer disabilities, chronic disease, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, mental health disorders, and diabetes are more vulnerable to heat-induced illnesses [10,11].…”

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Development of A Framework for Urban Heat Adaptation in 15-Minute City

Chen

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Urban heat has challenged many cities with serious environmental, economic, social and health consequences. Urban heat also deteriorates the achievement of 15-Minute City (FMC) which is a basic community unit to apply planning and design practices to achieve safety, sustainability, resilience and inclusion required by the goal of Sustainable Cities and Communities (Goal 11) by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Heat adaptation strategies are of importance to secure people from heat-induced immediate impacts. However, there are limited studies on how to integrate heat adaptation strategies into FMC for avoiding heat-induced impacts. Therefore, this paper aims to construct a framework that can support the integration of urban heat adaptation (UHA) into FMC planning and design. The framework is expected to combine FMC and UHA goals, identify urban heat impacts, recognise heat-induced impact influential factors, suggest heat adaptation strategies and optimise adaptation performance. Following this conception, an analysis of FMC and UHA goals, heat-induced impact and assessment indicators, regulatory factors, heat adaptation strategies, and sensitivity assessment models has been conducted. Finally, a comprehensive FMC-UHA framework for addressing urban heat challenges is generated. Overall, this framework provides a reference for creating cool 15-minute cities, as well as guidance on how to avoid heat impacts, health and safety inclusion, low-carbon travel, and outdoor productivity.

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Rethinking urban heat stress: Assessing risk and adaptation options across socioeconomic groups in Bonn, Germany

Cited by 23 publications

References 57 publications

Linkages between Typologies of Existing Urban Development Patterns and Human Vulnerability to Heat Stress in Lahore

Linkages between Typologies of Existing Urban Development Patterns and Human Vulnerability to Heat Stress in Lahore

Climate Impact Assessment for Sustainable Structural Change in the Rhenish Lignite Mining Region

Development of A Framework for Urban Heat Adaptation in 15-Minute City

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