Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)

Research on how heat impacts human health has increased as climate change threatens to raise temperatures to new extremes. Excessive heat exposure increases death rates, as well as rates of nonfatal, adverse health outcomes. This study used the negative binomial regression model to examine the relat...

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Main Authors: CHUANG, Wen-Ching, GOBER, Patricia, CHOW, Winston T. L., GOLDEN, Jay
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-43182020-01-09T06:39:51Z Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006) CHUANG, Wen-Ching GOBER, Patricia CHOW, Winston T. L. GOLDEN, Jay Research on how heat impacts human health has increased as climate change threatens to raise temperatures to new extremes. Excessive heat exposure increases death rates, as well as rates of nonfatal, adverse health outcomes. This study used the negative binomial regression model to examine the relationship between daily maximum temperature, heat index, and heat-related emergency calls in Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois, from 2003 to 2006. Using model results, we estimated call volumes in a warmer climate, with temperature increase from 1 to 5.5 C. We found that: (1) heat-stress calls increase sharply when the temperature exceeds about 35 C in Chicago and in 45 C Phoenix; (2) warmer climate could seriously threaten human health and existing emergency response system in Chicago more than in Phoenix. Policies to reduce heat impacts in Phoenix should focus on reducing prolonged heat exposure, while Chicago should build a strong earlywarning system for extreme heat events and provide sufficient resources and infrastructure to mitigate heat stress during those events. 2013-10-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3061 info:doi/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.07.003 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4318/viewcontent/Sensitivity_to_heat_A_comparative_study.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Heat-stress emergency calls Climate change Sensitivity Adaptive capacity Heat exposure Vulnerability assessment Environmental Sciences
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topic Heat-stress emergency calls
Climate change
Sensitivity
Adaptive capacity
Heat exposure
Vulnerability assessment
Environmental Sciences
spellingShingle Heat-stress emergency calls
Climate change
Sensitivity
Adaptive capacity
Heat exposure
Vulnerability assessment
Environmental Sciences
CHUANG, Wen-Ching
GOBER, Patricia
CHOW, Winston T. L.
GOLDEN, Jay
Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)
description Research on how heat impacts human health has increased as climate change threatens to raise temperatures to new extremes. Excessive heat exposure increases death rates, as well as rates of nonfatal, adverse health outcomes. This study used the negative binomial regression model to examine the relationship between daily maximum temperature, heat index, and heat-related emergency calls in Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois, from 2003 to 2006. Using model results, we estimated call volumes in a warmer climate, with temperature increase from 1 to 5.5 C. We found that: (1) heat-stress calls increase sharply when the temperature exceeds about 35 C in Chicago and in 45 C Phoenix; (2) warmer climate could seriously threaten human health and existing emergency response system in Chicago more than in Phoenix. Policies to reduce heat impacts in Phoenix should focus on reducing prolonged heat exposure, while Chicago should build a strong earlywarning system for extreme heat events and provide sufficient resources and infrastructure to mitigate heat stress during those events.
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author CHUANG, Wen-Ching
GOBER, Patricia
CHOW, Winston T. L.
GOLDEN, Jay
author_facet CHUANG, Wen-Ching
GOBER, Patricia
CHOW, Winston T. L.
GOLDEN, Jay
author_sort CHUANG, Wen-Ching
title Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)
title_short Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)
title_full Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)
title_fullStr Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)
title_full_unstemmed Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)
title_sort sensitivity to heat: a comparative study of phoenix, arizona and chicago, illinois (2003-2006)
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2013
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3061
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4318/viewcontent/Sensitivity_to_heat_A_comparative_study.pdf
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