Cooling cities through urban green infrastructure: a health impact assessment of European cities

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 401; no. 10376; pp. 577 - 589
• Main Authors: Iungman, Tamara, Cirach, Marta, Marando, Federica, Pereira Barboza, Evelise, Khomenko, Sasha, Masselot, Pierre, Quijal-Zamorano, Marcos, Mueller, Natalie, Gasparrini, Antonio, Urquiza, José, Heris, Mehdi, Thondoo, Meelan, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 18.02.2023; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age groups; Ambient temperature; Built environment; Cities; Climate change; Cold Temperature; Cooling; Datasets; Estimates; Fatalities; Global health; Global warming; Green infrastructure; Health Impact Assessment; High temperature; Hot Temperature; Humans; Infrastructure; Medical research; Monte Carlo simulation; Mortality; Noise pollution; Patient admissions; Population; Public health; Seasons; Sensitivity analysis; Summer; Temperature; Trees; Urban environments; Urban heat islands; Urban planning; Vegetation

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 e...