ArticleAmerican journal of public health2018
Green Space and Deaths Attributable to the Urban Heat Island Effect in Ho Chi Minh City.
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- The Role of Greenness in Heat-Related Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of global health · 2026Pooled it
- Climate, Health, and Urban Green Infrastructure: The Evidence Base and Implications for Urban Policy and Spatial Planning.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Urban heat island impacts on heat-related cardiovascular morbidity: A time series analysis of older adults in US metropolitan areas.Environment international · 2023Pooled it
- Attributing climate-related health burdens in Southeast Asia: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Review
- Mapping the global health burden of climate-sensitive exposures: a systematic scoping review.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Amplified warming in tropical and subtropical cities under 2 °C climate change.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Heat, health, and habitats: analyzing the intersecting risks of climate and demographic shifts in Austrian districts.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The heat-mortality association in Jordan: Effect modification by greenness, population density and urbanization level.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- The impact of green space on nonaccidental and cause-specific mortality in the Adventist Health Study-2 population.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Climate change and human health in Vietnam: a systematic review and additional analyses on current impacts, future risk, and adaptation.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Review
- Climate Justice and Health Equity: A Public Health of Consequence, October 2023.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Urban Landscape and Sociodemographic Characteristics on Heat-Related Health Using Emergency Medical Service Incidents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Temperature-mortality relationship in North Carolina, USA: Regional and urban-rural differences.The Science of the total environment · 2021Article
- Urban forest biodiversity and cardiovascular disease: Potential health benefits from California's street trees.PloS one · 2021Article
- Urban Heat Islets: Street Segments, Land Surface Temperatures, and Medical Emergencies During Heat Advisories.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Spatial Variability of Heat-Related Mortality in Barcelona from 1992-2015: A Case Crossover Study Design.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical activity promotion in the age of climate change.F1000Research · 2020Article
- Greening of the Heart and Mind.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo quantify heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, caused by the urban heat island (UHI) and explore factors that may alleviate the impact of UHIs.
methodsWe estimated district-specific meteorological conditions from 2010 to 2013 using the dynamic downscaling model and calculated the attributable fraction and number of mortalities resulting from the total, extreme, and mild heat in each district. The difference in attributable fraction of total heat between the central and outer districts was classified as the attributable fraction resulting from the UHI. The association among attributable fraction, attributable number with a green space, population density, and budget revenue of each district was then explored.
resultsThe temperature-mortality relationship between the central and outer areas was almost identical. The attributable fraction resulting from the UHI was 0.42%, which was contributed by the difference in temperature distribution between the 2 areas. Every 1-square-kilometer increase in green space per 1000 people can prevent 7.4 deaths caused by heat.
conclusionsGreen space can alleviate the impacts of UHIs, although future studies conducting a heath economic evaluation of tree planting are warranted.
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