GH008
Healthy Cities Under Climate Change

Session ID#: 159243

Session Description:
It is difficult to overstate the connection between climate change and human health, especially in the urban context. Cities currently face serious health risks associated with climate change. Communities impacted by environmental injustices and social inequalities already disproportionately experience these risks, and as the climate continues to change, these health threats will be further exacerbated. The severity and increased frequency of climate-related health hazards cities experience, caused by rising temperatures, more weather extremes, changes in natural and anthropogenic air pollution, or rising sea levels require climate adaptation strategies to be developed and implemented. It is imperative for cities to understand future climate-driven changes in health hazards and to pursue informed, equity-oriented adaptation to protect the health and livelihoods of urban residents and ensure they are resilient to future climate impacts. There are numerous strategies and approaches to climate adaptation, but it is important for cities to implement those that are appropriate for their geographic location and the social conditions their residents experience. This session will focus on the impact climate change has on health, health inequities, and climate adaptation strategies in urban areas.
Index Terms:

0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4325 Megacities and urban environment [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Primary Convener:  Bianca Corpuz, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Benjamin F Zaitchik1, Susan Anenberg2, Gaige Hunter Kerr2 and Ben Zaitchik3, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States(2)George Washington University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Washington, DC, United States(3)Johns Hopkins University, Balitmore, United States
 
Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Actions by 2030: An Interdisciplinary Modeling Study in Ahmedabad, India (1042766)
Vijay Limaye1, Akhilesh Magal2, Jaykumar Joshi3, Sujit Maji4, Priya Dutta5, Prashant Rajput5, Shyam Pingle5, Prima Madan6, Polash Mukerjee6, Shahana Bano4, Gufran Beig4, Dileep Mavalankar5, Anjali Jaiswal7 and Kim M Knowlton8, (1)Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Gujarat Energy & Research Management Institute, Gandhinagar, India, (3)Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute, Gandhinagar, India, (4)Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, (5)Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India, (6)Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, United States, (7)Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, United States, (8)Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, United States
 
Modeling Urban Flood Impacts and Potential Solutions at Community Scales in Pittsburgh, PA (Invited) (1046920)
Marissa Webber1, Nastaran Tebyanian2, David Rounce3, Jordan Fischbach4 and Constantine Samaras3, (1)Carnegie Mellon University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States, (3)Carnegie Mellon University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States, (4)The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, United States
 
Health Implications of Climate-Forward Investment in Active Transport (Invited) (1049042)
Matthew Raifman, Boston University, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, United States, Jonathan I. Levy, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, MA, United States, Jeffrey Geddes, Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States, Laura Buckley, Boston University, Boston, United States, Saravanan Arunachalam, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Frederica Perera, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, United States, Jonathan Buonocore, Boston University, School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States, Christopher Rick, Boston University School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States, Kaitlyn Coomes, Columbia University, New York, United States, Calvin Arter, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States and Patrick Kinney, Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, United States
 
Irrigated Cropland Expansion Exacerbates the Urban Moist Heat Stress in Northern India (1049713)
Qiang Guo, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN, Xudong Zhou, The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan, Yusuke Satoh, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan and Taikan Oki, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
 
Future Ozone-Related Short-Term Excess Mortality Under a Changing Climate: A Multi-Location Study in 407 Cities in 20 Countries (1066626)
Kai Chen, Yale University, Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, New Haven, CT, United States, Nina Domingo, Yale University, Environmental Health Sciences, New Haven, United States, Arlene M Fiore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States, J F Lamarque, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Patrick Kinney, Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, United States, Leiwen Jiang, Population Council, New York, United States, Antonio Gasparrini, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Alexandra Schneider, Helmholtz Center Munich, Institute of Epidemiology, Oberschleissheim, Germany and Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland
 
Seasonal Healthcare Facility Recommendations for Areas at High Risk of Mosquito-Borne Disease in the US (1081700)
Edward Thomas1, Carlos Ocasio2 and Courtney Casimere2, (1)NASA SEES Internship Program, Austin, TX, UNITED STATES, (2)NASA SEES Internship Program, Austin, TX, United States
 
Comparing Social and Environmental Vulnerability Indexes to Summer Heat in Fredericksburg, Virginia (1093191)
Ava Spencer, Fredericksburg, VA, UNITED STATES and Pamela R Grothe, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States
 
Examining How Various Heat Metrics Influence Residential Cooling Demand and the Vulnerability of Populations to Urban Warming (1120709)
McKenna Peplinski and Kelly Sanders, University of Southern California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, United States
 
Active Mobility in achieving Sustainable Cities (1132365)
Sabiha Baig, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
 
Risk perceptions and cognitive biases in older adults impact their proactive actions to avoid heat-related illnesses. (1185104)
Masahiko Haraguchi1,2, Tomoyo Toyota3, Gen Kikuchi4 and Makoto Taniguchi1, (1)RIHN Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, (2)Harvard University, Boston, United States, (3)The University of Shimane, Policy Studies, Hamada, Japan, (4)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
 
Localized urban heat extremes during heatwave events: a study of inequities in heat exposure in Baltimore City (1186781)
Mahdad Talebpour1, Benjamin F Zaitchik1 and Darryn Waugh2, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, United States
 
A Systemic Equity Assessment of Houston’s Incentive Program for Green Stormwater Infrastructure (1196755)
Jessica Abbie Eisma1, Becky Rafter2, Paul Ambrose2, Sparkle Springfield3 and Joe F. Bozeman III2, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Civil Engineering, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, United States, (3)Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, United States
 
Identifying the Effect of Severe Weather caused Power Outages on Human Health (1200000)
Jayson Toweh, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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