LONDON HOUSING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Impact on Comfort and Health - Preliminary Results of a Summer Overheating Study
LONDON HOUSING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Impact on Comfort and Health - Preliminary Results of a Summer Overheating Study
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伦敦住房和气候变化：对舒适和健康的影响 - 夏季过热研究的初步结果
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2010
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A. Pathan
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A. Mavrogianni;M. Davies;P. Wilkinson;A. Pathan
由于夏季气温升高，气候变化对城市人口的舒适和健康构成了潜在的更大威胁。本文回顾了近年来对城市环境适应气候变化潜力的研究，并重点介绍了一个主要的大都市，伦敦。还注意到最近有关暴露于高温对人口健康影响的工作。然后讨论了2009年夏天在伦敦的36个住宅（总共110个住宅）的一个子集进行的试点监测研究中获得的数据。初步结果表明，需要量化的净影响，个别建筑物的特点和每个住宅内的伦敦热岛的位置。在炎热时期，超过40%的受监测卧室在夜间没有达到推荐的过热标准。有迹象显示，特别用途的单位较容易出现过热的情况。潜在的使用这些数据的基础上，热相关的健康风险流行病学模型伦敦进行了讨论。这种工具将有助于卫生政策制定者针对最脆弱的建筑类型和地区。
Climate change presents potential increased threats to the comfort and health of urban populations as a result of higher summer temperatures. This paper reviews recent research on the climate change adaptation potential of urban environments and focuses on a major conurbation, London. Recent work relating to the impact of exposure to heat on population health is also noted. Data obtained from a pilot monitoring study carried out in a subset of 36 dwellings (from a total of 110 dwellings in the overall study) across London during the summer of 2009 is then discussed. Preliminary results illustrate the need to quantify the net impacts of individual building characteristics and the location of each dwelling within the London heat island. During a hot period, more than 40% of the monitored bedrooms failed the recommended overheating criteria during the night time. There was some indication of purpose built flats being more prone to overheating. The potential use of such data as the basis of a heat-related health risk epidemiological model for London is discussed. Such a tool would help health policy makers to target the most vulnerable building types and areas.