TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of the urban landscape on heatwave-mortality associations in Hong Kong
T2 - comparison of different heatwave definitions
AU - Song, Jinglu
AU - Lu, Yi
AU - Fischer, Thomas
AU - Hu, Kejia
N1 - Funding Information:
Jinglu Song: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Formal analysis, Data curation, Writing-original draft, Writing-review and editing, Funding acquisition. Yi Lu: Writing-review and editing, Funding acquisition. Thomas Fischer: Writing-review and editing. Kejia Hu: Data curation, Writing-review and editing, Funding acquisition. The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42007421 and 42001013), the General Research Project Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Hong Kong, China) (No. 11207520), the Key Program Special Fund (China) (No. KSF-E-43) and the Research Development Fund (China) (No. RDF-19-02-13) of XJTLU, and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. Y23D050006). The authors thank the efforts of the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong, China) in collecting and processing the census and mortality data, and declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Funding Information:
Jinglu Song: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Formal analysis, Data curation, Writing-original draft, Writing-review and editing, Funding acquisition. Yi Lu: Writing-review and editing, Funding acquisition. Thomas Fischer: Writing-review and editing. Kejia Hu: Data curation, Writing-review and editing, Funding acquisition. The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42007421 and 42001013), the General Research Project Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Hong Kong, China) (No. 11207520), the Key Program Special Fund (China) (No. KSF-E-43) and the Research Development Fund (China) (No. RDF-19-02-13) of XJTLU, and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. Y23D050006). The authors thank the efforts of the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong, China) in collecting and processing the census and mortality data, and declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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PY - 2023/9/4
Y1 - 2023/9/4
N2 - Despite increased attention given to potential modifiers of temperature-mortality associations, evidence for variations between different urban landscape characteristics remains limited. It is in this context that in this paper effect modifications of multiple urban landscape characteristics are explored under different heatwave definitions for different age groups and gender in Hong Kong, China. Daily meteorological data and heatwave-related mortality counts from 2008 to 2017 were collected from the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, China. A case-only design was adopted, combined with logistic regression models to examine the modification effects of five urban landscape characteristics under six heatwave definitions. Stratified analyses were conducted to investigate age- and gender-specific effect modifications. It is found that individuals living in greener areas experienced lower levels of mortality during or immediately after heatwaves. In contrast, a higher building density and nighttime land surface temperature (LST) were associated with a higher heatwave-related mortality risk. Pronounced effect modifications of these urban landscape characteristics were observed under hotter and longer heatwaves, and in older adults (age ⩾ 65 years) and males. The findings provide a scientific basis for policymakers and practitioners when considering measures for coping with hotter, longer, and more frequent heatwaves in the context of global climate change.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
AB - Despite increased attention given to potential modifiers of temperature-mortality associations, evidence for variations between different urban landscape characteristics remains limited. It is in this context that in this paper effect modifications of multiple urban landscape characteristics are explored under different heatwave definitions for different age groups and gender in Hong Kong, China. Daily meteorological data and heatwave-related mortality counts from 2008 to 2017 were collected from the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, China. A case-only design was adopted, combined with logistic regression models to examine the modification effects of five urban landscape characteristics under six heatwave definitions. Stratified analyses were conducted to investigate age- and gender-specific effect modifications. It is found that individuals living in greener areas experienced lower levels of mortality during or immediately after heatwaves. In contrast, a higher building density and nighttime land surface temperature (LST) were associated with a higher heatwave-related mortality risk. Pronounced effect modifications of these urban landscape characteristics were observed under hotter and longer heatwaves, and in older adults (age ⩾ 65 years) and males. The findings provide a scientific basis for policymakers and practitioners when considering measures for coping with hotter, longer, and more frequent heatwaves in the context of global climate change.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
KW - Effect modification
KW - Health risk reduction
KW - Heatwave
KW - Intra-urban differences
KW - Mortality
KW - Urban landscape
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85170388312&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11783-024-1771-z
DO - 10.1007/s11783-024-1771-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85170388312
SN - 2095-2201
VL - 18
JO - Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering
JF - Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 11
ER -