Abstract:
Urban heat challenges are increasingly severe, along with climate change and urbanisation. Despite significant environmental, economic, and social consequences, limited actions have been conducted to address urban heat challenges. To support the formulation of heat-health plans and guidelines at the city and community scale, this study presented results, through a questionnaire survey among 584 respondents in Shanghai, China, on heat-induced physiological and psychological impacts and analysed the variability of them with demographic characteristics. The results indicate that psychological impacts were more severe than physiological impacts in severity and susceptible people. Skin heat damage and digestive system diseases were ignored in previous studies, compared with fatal cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Emotional irritability and difficulty in controlling temper were the two most prominent psychological symptoms. The elderly and health-vulnerable groups were more susceptible to heat-induced physiological and psychological impacts than other groups. Among different demographic groups, the most critical physiological and psychological symptoms could vary significantly. Afterwards, suggestions for heat-health plans or guidelines have been proposed. Overall, this study provides a reference for the understanding of heat-induced impacts and enhancing the capacity to cope with urban heat challenges.
摘要:
城市热力挑战日益严峻,随着气候变化和城市化。尽管环境显著,经济,和社会后果,已经采取了有限的行动来应对城市热挑战。支持制定城市和社区规模的热健康计划和指南,这项研究提出了结果,通过对上海584名受访者的问卷调查,中国,关于热引起的生理和心理影响,并分析了它们与人口统计学特征的变异性。结果表明,在严重程度和易感人群中,心理影响比生理影响更严重。皮肤热损伤和消化系统疾病在以前的研究中被忽略,与致命的心血管和呼吸系统疾病相比。情绪易怒和难以控制脾气是两个最突出的心理症状。老年人和健康弱势群体比其他群体更容易受到热引起的生理和心理影响。在不同的人口群体中,最关键的生理和心理症状可能有很大差异。之后,已经提出了热健康计划或指南的建议。总的来说,这项研究为理解热诱导影响和提高应对城市热挑战的能力提供了参考。