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Displaying 15 of about 41 results… Using the PerilAUS archive of heat-related fatalities in Australia, this paper proposes to … 466 events in south-east Australia using the Excess Heat Factor and the newly developed heatwave categories. … staff in local communities can handle the projected heat-related hospitalisations during extreme heat events. …
… - to help local governments reduce the effect of increased heat on their communities and citizens. Individually, each … This discussion paper also examines the existing urban heat mitigation policies and interventions, including … Governments face challenges in adapting to urban heat because of the complexity of choices available, limited …
… Australia to adopt standards to protect occupants against heat stress. “The research highlights to the public that heat stress inside apartments is a real issue and that we … need to be concerned about most buildings should a heat wave coincide with a power black out which would eliminate …
… 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 outside and roof of a building soak up the heat from the sun, but if they are made of materials and … as concrete, stone and asphalt, which store and re-radiate heat. A New Zealand study tested near-identical buildings … white roofs could be a viable approach to minimising the heat taken up by buildings during hotter parts of the year. …
… and even streets lying side-by-side, are not sharing the heat load equally. Some are sweltering with surface heat temperatures up to 20C higher than the neighbourhood next door. [...] The least heat-stressed Local Government Areas were often those in the …
… rural areas thanks to amplification caused by the urban heat island effect. It’s normal for cities to be warmer than … significant consequences for those who are vulnerable to heat, particularly the very young and very old. A degree or … bodies and fewer concrete surfaces help reduce the urban heat island effect at night and even during the day during …
… humidity. This means they are highly vulnerable to extreme heat events as a result of climate change. For example, … that are covered by vegetation. The trapping of heat in cities, known as the urban heat island effect, has impacts on human health, animal …
… causes vulnerable social groups to be at greater risk of heat-related morbidity and mortality in Australian cities. It … urban surface temperatures and social groups vulnerable to heat-related morbidity and mortality as a way to enable governments to identify ‘hot spots’ for priority heat prevention and intervention, as well as the development …
… Extreme heat in cities poses a significant threat to public health … in people’s yards at reducing day time and night time heat during an extreme heatwave event in Western Adelaide. … decreasing urban land surface temperature during extreme heat. Ambitious canopy cover targets (e.g., doubling of the …
… areas and some residents of cities are more exposed to heat than others. The concentration of poorer people in … one of Australia’s fastest-growing urban regions. Urban heat is known to increase rates of injury, death and disease. … than surrounding suburbs and rural areas – the urban heat island effect. Perhaps because of this, much of the …
… month on record . We studied the effects of extreme heat on urban trees in Western Sydney during Australia’s … evaporative cooling. In previous research, we compared the heat tolerance of different species . Our new research, … on these hot summer days. We found some species had low heat tolerance. Those most vulnerable to heatwaves included …
… local land temperatures by up to 5-6℃ on days of extreme heat. Our newly published research into a summer heatwave … in Adelaide suggests that a simple solution to extreme heat is literally at everyone’s doorstep. It relies on the … daytime land temperatures by up to 5-6℃ during extreme heat. The largest temperature reductions were in the hottest …
… Australia, our hottest summer on record points to more heat-related deaths to come. The record heatwaves have highlighted the damaging effects of heat stress. Understandably, it’s becoming a major public health challenge . The risk of extreme heat events and the adverse impacts on older people has been …
… disadvantaged people are especially exposed to extreme heat and other impacts of climate change. Many people … Bureau of Meteorology , CC BY Homelessness increases heat risks Climate change represents a health emergency . The … experiencing homelessness . They are more exposed to heat as it can be very hard for them to find cool spaces , …