Future increase in elderly heat-related mortality of a rapidly growing Asian megacity

Abstract Urban dwellers are at risk of heat-related mortality in the onset of climate change. In this study, future changes in heat-related mortality of elderly citizens were estimated while considering the combined effects of spatially-varying megacity’s population growth, urbanization, and climate...

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Main Authors: Alvin Christopher G. Varquez, Nisrina S. Darmanto, Yasushi Honda, Tomohiko Ihara, Manabu Kanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66288-z