DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1420-4
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84940719010
论文题名: An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods
作者: Bélanger D. ; Abdous B. ; Gosselin P. ; Valois P.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2015
卷: 132, 期: 2 起始页码: 279
结束页码: 293
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Air conditioning
; Energy efficiency
; Health
; Adverse health effects
; Behavioral adaptation
; Cross-sectional study
; Energy efficient
; Health promotion
; Heat island effect
; Individual levels
; Multiple correspondence analysis
; Behavioral research
; adaptation
; air conditioning
; climate change
; health impact
; heat budget
; heat island
; humidity
; neighborhood
; summer
; temperature effect
; urban area
; Canada
; Quebec [Canada]
英文摘要: Socially and materially disadvantaged urban areas present a group of factors strongly correlated with high heat and humidity adverse health effects, particularly in densely populated cities where the heat island effect extends over large areas. This paper presents an adaptation index to high summer heat whose validity was tested by correlating it with self-reported adverse health impacts to heat. The data comes from a 2011 cross-sectional study conducted in the most deprived areas in 9 cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants in Quebec (Canada). In total, 3,485 people were interviewed at home. An index of various behavioral adaptations was developed using a Multiple Correspondence Analysis. This individual-level adaptation index summarizes a range of 14 easy-to-use and energy-efficient solutions for cooling off or protecting oneself against the sun, both at home and in other places, whether indoors or out. In addition, it shows that adaptation to heat goes beyond air conditioning in the home. People who experience adverse effects of heat on their health tend to adopt more of the behaviors measured by the index than those perceiving little or none, regardless of their age group or presence of air conditioning at home. Monitoring and improving this index over time and in several populations and contexts would establish a significant milestone for adaptation in health promotion and prevention. © 2015, The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84536
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Québec, QC, Canada; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada; Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada; Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (INSPQ), Québec, QC, Canada; Ouranos, Montréal, QC, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Bélanger D.,Abdous B.,Gosselin P.,et al. An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods[J]. Climatic Change,2015-01-01,132(2)