Roles of urban heat anomaly and land-use/land-cover on the heat-related mortality in the national capital region of South Korea: A multi-districts time-series study

Greenness and kidney? A review of epidemiological studies on the association between green space and kidney disease

“…Previous studies reported that higher socioeconomic status populations are more likely to live in areas with higher levels of health-promoting greenspace (such as urban parks that can increase recreational and physical activities in neighborhoods) [ 41 , 42 ], and a previous study also showed that the beneficial effects of green space on kidney disease were more prominent in people with higher socioeconomic status than in people with lower socioeconomic status [ 19 ]. Concurrently, however, urban areas generally have higher air pollution levels and extreme heat events [ 43 ], and in some areas, urban areas also showed a larger population % below the poverty level and lower accessibility to healthcare services due to the large amounts of population [ 44 ]. A recent study in Massachusetts also showed that the beneficial impacts of green space on kidney disease were observed in both urban and rural areas (the differences were not statistically significant) and mentioned that the results should be interpreted carefully, in relation to the complexity of urbanicity [ 19 ].…”

Microclimate investigation of vehicular traffic on the urban heat island through IoT-Based device

“…A study on UHI using remote sensing method investigated the effect of urban heat anomaly on the risk of heat-related mortality and the association of various land use and land cover (LULC) indicators with urban heat anomaly and heat-related mortality ( Jang et al., 2020 ). They proved that the high urban heat anomaly correlates to low vegetation and high urban surface indicators and the urban heat anomaly was positively associated with the heat-related mortality risk.…”