The winter urban heat island: Impacts on cold-related mortality in a highly urbanized European region for present and future climate
Exposure to heat has a range of potential negative impacts on human health; hot weather may exacerbate cardiovascular and respiratory illness or lead to heat stroke and death. Urban populations are at increased risk due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect (higher urban temperatures compared with r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Environment International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021001550 |