GH019
The Effect Extreme Heat, Heat Waves and Urban Heat Islands on Public Health: Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaption, and Mitigation

Session ID#: 157687

Session Description:
Anthropogenic activities have impacts on public health through rising temperatures, especially in urban areas. These activities include 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. These impacts are enhanced through various pathways and natural hazards, including heat waves and the formation of urban heat islands. Earth observation data can be a powerful tool for researchers and planners to monitor climate factors and assess various health outcomes to inform mitigation and prevention strategies. This session seeks for advancements in application, technology, and modelling with earth observation data to better understand its impacts on public health related to siding temperatures, as well as prediction of health outcomes for preparedness in both the short and long term.
Index Terms:

0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
0232 Impacts of climate change: ecosystem health [GEOHEALTH]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1928 GIS science [INFORMATICS]

Primary Convener:  Yuei-An Liou, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Kanagawa, Japan and Chuan-Yao Lin
Conveners:  Kim-Anh Nguyen, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Kanagawa, Japan, Chuan-Yao Lin, Research Center for Environmetal Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan and Chuan-Yao Lin
 
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Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
 
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Babak Jalalzadeh Fard, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, United States, Morgan L Penry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, Omaha, United States, Ellen Kerns, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Omaha, United States and Jesse E Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, Omaha, United States
 
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Physical Drivers of Enhanced Thermal Stress Environment in the Northwest India (1130742)
Raju Attada, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mohali, India, K. K. Shukla, Indian Institiute of Science Education and Research, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mohali, India and Ravi Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, New Delhi, India
 
A High-Spatial Resolution Analysis of Heat Stress in the Los Angeles Region Using WRF (1131145)
Diego Ramos Aguilera, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Kelly Sanders, University of Southern California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, United States
 
Spring Drought in Taiwan During the Last Four Decades from 1982 to 2021 (1134946)
Trong Hoang Vo, VietNam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, Yuei-An Liou, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Kim-Anh Nguyen, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Kanagawa, Japan
 
Heat stress in Sri Lanka is on the rise to dangerous levels for larger share of population due to climate change (1137330)
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Kim-Anh Nguyen, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Kanagawa, Japan and Yuei-An Liou, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
 
Impact of Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) on Heat-Stress in Indian Cities taken from Different Climate Zones (1146743)
Rohit Kumar Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, Harjinder Sembhi, University of Leicester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom and Sagnik Dey, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
 
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Seok Hwan Yun1, Zhenggang Piao2, Sang Hyunk Kim3, Eun Sub Kim1 and Dong Kun Lee4, (1)Seoul National University, Interdisciplinary program in Landscape Architecture, Seoul, South Korea, (2)Seoul national university, Seoul, South Korea, (3)Korea Environment Institute, Climate and Air quality research group, Sejong, South Korea, (4)Seoul National University, Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural System Engineering, Seoul, South Korea
 
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Yi-Chuan Lu, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and David Romps, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
 
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Md. Rownak Islam, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Sonia Binte Murshed, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
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David M Romps and Yi-Chuan Lu, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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