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Displaying 15 of about 23 results… report assesses the social and economic effects of extreme heat through the prism of twelve cities that are already enduring and addressing dramatic impacts of heat waves. The danger posed by extreme heat in urban centers—particularly in the global South—defies …
… the background of global climate change, the increasing heat health risk from the combined effect of changes in high … (town, township, neighborhood committee, and equivalent) heat health risk and adaptability assessments are still … Geographics 10(1): Article 7. Klinenberg, E. 2003. Heat wave: A social autopsy of disaster in Chicago. Chicago and …
… make decisions. Given the sizeable threat posed by extreme heat events, the report details the human impacts of heat waves, ranging from individual and community health to … 2.2. Global and regional patterns of heat waves 2.3. Heat wave preparedness and response 2.4. Challenges with measuring …
… Nepal’s gross domestic product. Increased flooding, heat stress on labor productivity and health, and heat stress on crops and livestock are expected to be a … a job or earning loss during the first COVID-19 wave in 2020, the highest in the South Asia region.4 While …
… relatively higher deaths due to COVID-19 during the first wave, had been building in the World Heritage (old) city of … relatively higher deaths due to COVID-19 during the first wave, in the World Heritage (old) city of Ahmedabad, had been … is necessarily provisional [5], looking back at the first wave of SARS- CoV-2 seems to reveal a couple of pointers …
… to climate-sensitive hazards including extreme heat, droughts, floods, cyclones, sea-level rise, and in some … the effects of storms and typhoons, droughts, and heat waves – many of which are expected to worsen as a result … resilience of community infrastructure include: Heat wave, Floods, Cyclones causing damaging winds and storm …
… with high-density built environments resulting in urban heat island effects. Roughly 7% of the urban population are … of the urban poor in Indonesia in many ways. These include heat stress-related morbidity and mortality, and higher … the highly transmissible Delta variant triggered a second wave of virus outbreak and increased the disparity in vaccine …
… disaster risks such as those from floods, droughts, urban heat islands, desertification, and landslides. • The Sponge … as sea-level rise, storm surges, floods, droughts, extreme heat, and desertification. Adapting to the risks of a … and reef rehabilitation; (iii) urban flood, drought, heat wave, and desertification risk management, inclusive of …
… last 10 years....37 Table 11: Loss in productivity due to heat impacts of climate change in Bangladesh, India and … technology solutions such as energy-efficient equipment, heat-resistant material, building designs, rainwater … also undertaken under difficult circumstances. The second wave of COVID-19 was in full force in South Asia during the …
… feeling the impacts of extreme weather events, including heat waves and floods. GCoM-India aims to encourage and … Corporation of Ahmedabad in preparation of extreme heat during summer) The CAP shall lead to climate change … living in areas at risk (e.g. flood/drought/heat wave/forest or land fire) 71 Source: JRC own elaboration. 4.4 …
… ‘improvement in the natural environment’, ‘reduced urban heat island’, ‘improved air quality’, ‘transformed public … such as improving the water and soil quality, reducing heat island effect, improving urban spaces that can be used … routing in the river − including the movement of the flood wave, attenuation or reduction of the peak flow at the flood …
… simulations. The output of the PTHA includes tsunami wave height distributions along the coast. Then, an indi- … hierarchy process. The PTHA findings show that the tsunami wave height is close to 3 m on the southern coast of the … warranted, and they should consider tsunami hazards (wave height, inundated area, flow depth, flow velocity, and …
… the challenges of climate change - including the urban heat island effect, droughts and more intense flooding - many … environmental benefits. They can ameliorate the ‘urban heat island effect’ and reduce air temperatures through … temperatures, inversion layer formation, urban canyons, heat islands, heat stress/waves exacerbating poor air quality …
… and to northern Jiangsu. (2) The total Theil index shows a wave-like downward trend during the study period. The … regional differentiation, the total Theil index shows a wave-like downward trend during the study period. Compared …
… risk Heatwave Desertification Coastal erosion Urban heat land effect Emerging health risks Flooding Risks of … risks, due to water/air-borne diseases and increasing heat extremes, affecting vulnerable groups. 40% of lost working hours due to heat stress in 2030 are in the construction sector, …