Global Warming, Urban Heat Island and Public Health: Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaption
Global Warming, Urban Heat Island and Public Health: Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaption
Session ID#: 124918
Session Description:
Anthropogenic activities have impacts on Geohealth through production of pollution, modification of chemical and physical atmospheric features, and transformation of land cover and land use associated with urbanization and socio-economic development. The impacts are enhanced through various pathways and natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, and heat waves, in turn, modifying spatiotemporal distribution of vector-borne diseases, such as Malaria, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever, etc. Considered as a powerful tool, earth observation data has been demonstrated valuable in supporting planners to monitor climate factors and assess environmental features of various diseases to propose mitigation and prevention strategies. This session seeks for advancements in application, technology, and modelling with earth observation data to contribute exploration of climate changes and understand its impacts on public health related to anthropogenic processes, and solutions for natural and climate patterns controlling and overall prediction of vector-borne diseases for preparedness in short and long visions.
Co-Organized:
- A - Atmospheric Sciences
- H - Hydrology
Co-Sponsor(s):
- JpGU: Japan Geoscience Union -
Index Terms:
0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
0299 General or miscellaneous [GEOHEALTH]
3322 Land/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Yuei-An Liou, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Convener: Kim-Anh Nguyen, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Taoyuan, Japan
Primary Liaison: Chuan-Yao Lin, Research Center for Environmetal Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
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