Heat and health in Antwerp under climate change: Projected impacts and implications for prevention

Background: Excessive summer heat is a serious environmental health problem in several European cities. Heat-related mortality and morbidity is likely to increase under climate change scenarios without adequate prevention based on locally relevant evidence. Methods: We modelled the urban climate of...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Sanchez Martinez, Julio Diaz, Hans Hooyberghs, Dirk Lauwaet, Koen De Ridder, Cristina Linares, Rocio Carmona, Cristina Ortiz, Vladimir Kendrovski, Raf Aerts, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412017318305