Cooling cities through urban green infrastructure: a health impact assessment of European cities
High ambient temperatures are associated with many health effects, including premature mortality. The combination of global warming due to climate change and the expansion of the global built environment mean that the intensification of urban heat islands (UHIs) is expected, accompanied by adverse effects on population health. Urban green infrastructure can reduce local temperatures. We aimed to estimate the mortality burden that could be attributed to UHIs and the mortality burden that would be prevented by increasing urban tree coverage in 93 European cities.
IUNGMAN Tamara;
CIRACH Marta;
MARANDO Federica;
PEREIRA BARBOZA Evelise;
KHOMENKO Sasha;
MASSELOT Pierre;
QUIJAL-ZAMORANO Marcos;
MUELLER Natalie;
GASPARRINI Antonio;
URQUIZA José;
HERIS Mehdi;
MEELAN Thondoo;
NIEUWENHUIJSEN Mark;
2023-03-06
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
JRC132694
0140-6736 (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132694,
10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02585-5 (online),
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