Abstract
This paper aims to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate the impact of urban outdoor temperature change on human health in Osaka Prefecture. The evaluation time range was the 1970s as the base period, the 1990s, the 2010s. Urban temperature change had a negative impact on health from the early summer to the early autumn, while a positive impact from late autumn to spring. The influence of sleep disturbance and fatigue had a large impact. Although the disability weight and the disease period are small for these disease, these influences are indispensable to evaluate the entire of health over the urban area.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 205-214 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Engineering (Japan) |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 756 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Global warming
- Human health
- Impact analysis
- LCIA
- Urban heat island
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
