The impact of major heat waves on all-cause and cause-specific mortality in France from 1971 to 2003

Rey, Grégoire; Jougla, Éric; Fouillet, Anne; Pavillon, Gérard; Bessemoulin, P.; Frayssinet, Philippe; Clavel, Jacqueline; Hémon, Denis

doi:10.1007/s00420-007-0173-4

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“…As the onset of heat mortality varies from city to city and region to region ( ), temperature thresholds for triggering heat alerts and public health measures need to be identified in relation to the local context in order to prevent heat-related mortality and morbidity, and be adjusted over time. A HHWS can use various methods for forecasting, an effective system is targeted to the local needs, is accurate and timely ( 7,8). As part of EuroHEAT, the German Weather Service has developed an online tool providing medium-term forecasting of heat (http://www.euroheat-project.org/dwd; 8).…”

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“…EuroHEAT followed up on the growing evidence that the combined effect of heatwaves and peaks of ozone or particulate matter smaller than 10 μm (PM 0 ) increases mortality, particularly among the elderly (75-84 years) (6)(7)(8).…”

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“…As part of a heat-health action plan, measures to reduce heat exposure should be taken, such as adaptation of individual behaviour, short-, medium-and long-term modifications to buildings to reduce indoor temperatures and long-term improved urban planning, as well as transport and energy policies. Mediumand short-term options for cooling buildings without power consumption (passive cooling) are available, such as cool paints, external shading, radiant barriers and insulation of buildings (Table III) ( 7,8). …”

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Prevention and management of health hazards related to heatwaves

Matthies

Menne

2009

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. The general aim of the EuroHEAT project was to improve public health responses to weather extremes and, in particular, to heatwaves. Study design. The public health responses were developed on the basis of the overall results from the two-year project, "Improving Public Health Responses to Extreme Weather -Euro-HEAT," co-funded by the European Commission (DG Sanco). Methods. A literature review was carried out and a questionnaire was administered to health officials in charge of heat-health action plans in 2005 to survey existing heat-health action plans in Europe, and to identify models of the good practices for national/local preparedness planning. Results. The adverse health effects of heatwaves are largely preventable. Prevention requires a range of actions at different levels: from health system preparedness coordinated with meteorological early warning systems to timely public and medical advice and improvements to housing and urban planning. These actions can be integrated in a defined heat-health action plan. Guidance for the development of heat-health action plans has been made available through EuroHEAT and is being used in various countries in the European Region. Conclusions. EuroHEAT recommends developing and implementing heat-health action plans at the national and regional levels in Europe to prevent, react upon and contain heatrelated risks to health.

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Prevention and management of health hazards related to heatwaves

Matthies

Menne

2009

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…Heat waves and UHI effect have big consequences on people's health, in particular, older persons with respiratory disease (Rey et al, 2007). Indeed, urban climate slows down pollution dispersion and increases night temperatures.…”

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Urban vulnerability and resilience within the context of climate change

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Ménard²,

Bailly³

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Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Natural hazards, due to climate change, are particularly damaging in urban areas because of interdependencies of their networks. So, urban resilience has to face up to climate risks. The most impacting phenomenon is the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The storage capacity of heat is depending on shapes of buildings, public spaces, spatial organization, transport or even industrial activities. So, adaptive strategies for improving urban climate could be possible in different ways. In the framework of the French project Resilis, this study characterises urban vulnerability and resilience in terms of energy needs of buildings and outside urban comfort according to the IPCC carbon dioxide emission scenarios B2 and A2 for the period 2050-2100 for 10 French cities. The evolutions of four climate indicators in terms of heating and cooling needs and number of hours when the temperature is above 28 • C are then obtained for each city to analyse climate risks and their impacts in urban environment.

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“…• Aging population, increasing population, trends in marital status Prioux, 2005;Fouillet et al, 2006;Rey et al, 2007) • Diffi culties staffi ng health services, undeveloped early warning system (Lalande et al, 2003;Fouillet et al, 2008) Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, 2005…”

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confidence: 99%