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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 2021 As a result of urbanization, natural surfaces are replaced by artificial surfaces that trap heatsuch as buildings, pavements and asphalt, so residential areas have higher temperature values than rural areas. This effect, defined as the urban heat island,
Zeynal Abiddin Ergüler +1 more
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Including the urban heat island in spatial heat health risk assessment strategies: a case study for Birmingham, UK [PDF]
, 2011 Background Heatwaves present a significant health risk and the hazard is likely to escalate with the increased future temperatures presently predicted by climate change models.
Baker, Christopher J +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 The deterioration of the urban surface thermal environment has seriously affected regional environments and human health, becoming a critical ecological problem faced by cities worldwide.
Fei Meng +3 more
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Combating Urban Heat Island Effect—A Review of Reflective Pavements and Tree Shading Strategies
Buildings, 2021 Pavements occupy about 40% of urban land cover, with 75–80% black top roads, playing a critical role in urban connectivity and mobility. Solar energy is absorbed and stored in pavements leading to an increase in surface temperatures.
V. R. S. Cheela +3 more
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Comparison of Urban Heat Island Diurnal Cycles under Various Atmospheric Conditions Using WRF-UCM
Atmosphere, 2022 The rapid growth of urbanization significantly influences local atmospheric conditions and life quality of residents living in urban areas by creating a localized phenomenon known as an urban heat island.
Tomáš Fedor, Jaroslav Hofierka
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Urban Renewal Can Mitigate Urban Heat Islands [PDF]
Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 AbstractHow can urban renewal effectively contribute to urban climate? Shanghai, one of the world's first metropolises to utilize effective urban heat island (UHI) mitigation strategies, is investigated by analyzing meteorological and land use observations over the past 144 years. The UHI decreased by ~0.58 °C between 2005 and 2016 due to urban renewal
Wei Wang, Jiong Shu
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Remote Sensing, 2021 This study investigated monthly variations of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) and the applicability of the local climate zones (LCZ) scheme for land surface temperature (LST) differentiation within three spatial contexts, including urban ...
Zi-qi Zhao +4 more
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Urban Heat Island Analysis Using the Landsat TM Data and ASTER Data: A Case Study in Hong Kong
Remote Sensing, 2011 In this paper, the effect of urban heat island is analyzed using the Landsat TM data and ASTER data in 2005 as a case study in Hong Kong. Two algorithms were applied to retrieve the land surface temperature (LST) distribution from the Landsat TM and ...
Lin Liu, Yuanzhi Zhang
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CivilEng, 2021 Economic and social development of urban and rural areas continues in parallel with the increase of the human population, especially in developing countries, which leads to sustained expansion of impervious surface areas, particularly paved surfaces. The
S. Vujović +4 more
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