GH010
Extreme Heat: Vulnerability and Risk assessment, Exposure quantification, and Policy implications regarding the adverse effect of extreme heat on health, economy, and natural resources
Session ID#: 80359
Session Description:
Heat events have adverse effect on health, agricultural industry, energy consumption, and economy. The frequency and the extent of these events have been increasing due to climate change, and each year we are observing record breaking heat events around the world.
In order to mitigate the adverse effect of heat events, we need to understand the risks involved, identify the vulnerability, assess the exposure and quantify the effects, and plan for prevention/mitigation/adaptation scenarios.
We welcome studies that focus on the effect of extreme heat on public health, natural resources (such as forest fires), and economy through any possible pathway. The main focus of the session is on epidemiological studies, exposure assessments, and policy measures that facilitate adaptation and mitigation of the effects; we also welcome studies that work towards mitigation of damages through public awareness.
Index Terms:
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4326 Exposure [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4330 Vulnerability [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Mohammadhassan Mohegh, George Washington University, Public Health, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners: David Sailor, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States and George A Ban-Weiss, University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: Mohammadhassan Mohegh, George Washington University, Public Health, Washington, DC, United States
Extreme Heat Hotspots under Global Warming (485885)
Laura Suarez Gutierrez1, Wolfgang A. Müller1, Chao Li2 and Jochem Marotzke1, (1)Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, (2)Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, The Ocean in the Earth System, Hamburg, Germany
Evolution of Extreme Heat Risk in Cities: Interacting Implications of Climate Change, Population Dynamics, and Urban Heat Mitigation (Invited) (489284)
Pouya Vahmani, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States and Andrew D Jones, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States
Diagnostic Study on Severe Heat Event over Egypt: A Case of Summer 2015 (493740)
Amira Nasser Mostafa, Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Cairo, Egypt, Endalkachew Bekele, NOAA, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD, United States, Wassila Mamadu Thiaw, Climate Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, McLean, VA, United States, Ashraf Zakey, The Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Cairo, Egypt and Mohamed Magdy Abdel-Wahab, Cairo University, Astronomy and Meteorology Department, Giza, Egypt
Ecological risk assessment of environmental stress and bioactive chemicals to riverine fish populations: an individual-based model of smallmouth bass (494967)
Yan Li, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Pennsylvania State University; Current institute: North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Morehead City, NC, United States and Tyler Wagner, U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Loss of work productivity in a warming world: Differences between developed and developing countries (498382)
Shuang Yu1, Jiangjiang Xia2, Zhongwei Yan3, Anzhi Zhang2, Yang Xia4, Dabo Guan5, Jiarui Han6, Jun Wang7, Liang Chen7 and Yakun Liu8, (1)Institute of atmospheric physics, Chinese academy of sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Nature communication, London, United Kingdom, (5)University of East Anglia, School of International Development, Norwich, United Kingdom, (6)China Meteorological Administration Training Centre, Beijing, China, (7)Key Lab of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia (RCE-TEA), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (8)Beijing Information System and Technology University, Beijing, China
Assessing Public Health Risk to Heatwaves and Projections of Future Impacts under Climate Change in South Korea (500729)
Satbyul Estella Kim, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan, Ho Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea and Yasuaki Hijioka, NIES National Institute of Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
The Role of Technology in Affecting Vulnerability to Heat Disasters in a Warming World (506574)
David Sailor1, Amir Baniassadi2, Cassandra O'Lenick3 and Olga Wilhelmi3, (1)Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
The paradox of sprawl vs compact urban morphology for mitigating extreme heat in cities (531364)
Anamika Shreevastava1, Saiprasanth Bhalachandran2, Gavan Sean McGrath3, Matt Huber1 and P. Suresh Rao4, (1)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (2)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Palo Alto, CA, United States, (3)Uni of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, (4)Purdue University, Civil engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Methods for estimating Wet Bulb Globe Temperature from remote and low-cost data: a comparative study in central Alabama (537963)
Anabel Carter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Benjamin Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Julia Gohlke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Population Health Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Molly B Richardson, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States
New satellite-enhanced daily air temperature estimates indicate rapidly increasing exposure to extremes in Africa, Asia and South America (551132)
Chris C Funk1, Andrew Verdin2, Kenneth R Knapp3, Kathryn Grace4, Benjamin Zaitchik5, Amelie Funk6 and Pete Peterson6, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation; Minnesota Population Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (3)National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, United States, (4)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, (6)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
Cross-border Contrast in Roof Albedos: Cd. Juárez, Mexico vs. El Paso, USA (560489)
America Alvarez1, Clarissa Rosa2, Erika Mercado2, Maria A Amaya1 and Nicholas E Pingitore Jr1, (1)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at El Paso and Canutillo High School, El Paso and Canutillo, United States
Identifying potentially vulnerable communities to extreme heat events by characterizing air conditioning penetration patterns in the Southern California region (575287)
Mo Chen1, Kelly Sanders1 and George A Ban-Weiss2, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Informing Policy Through a Vulnerability Assessment of Heat-Related Mortality (588959)
Jaime Madrigano, RAND Corporation Arlington, Arlington, VA, United States, Nada Petrovic, Columbia University, New York, United States, Patrick Kinney, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, United States and Thomas Matte, Vital Strategies, New York, United States
Heat Risk Mapping through Spatial Analysis of Remotely-Sensed Data andSocioeconomic Vulnerability in Hermosillo, México (626363)
Agustin Robles-Morua, Sonora Institute of Technology, Obregón, Mexico, Javier Navarro-Estupiñan, Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora, Dept. of Water and Environmental Sciences, Cd. Obregón, SO, Mexico, Rolando Diaz-Caravantes, El Colegio de Sonora, Especialidad en Salud Publica, Hermosillo, Mexico and Enrique R Vivoni, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States
