Building Resilience to Climate Change: Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of India’s First Heat Action Plan on All-Cause Mortality

Background. Ahmedabad implemented South Asia’s first heat action plan (HAP) after a 2010 heatwave. This study evaluates the HAP’s impact on all-cause mortality in 2014–2015 relative to a 2007–2010 baseline. Methods. We analyzed daily maximum temperature (Tmax)-mortality relationships before and afte...

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Main Authors: Jeremy J. Hess, Sathish LM, Kim Knowlton, Shubhayu Saha, Priya Dutta, Parthasarathi Ganguly, Abhiyant Tiwari, Anjali Jaiswal, Perry Sheffield, Jayanta Sarkar, S. C. Bhan, Amit Begda, Tejas Shah, Bhavin Solanki, Dileep Mavalankar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7973519