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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"Extreme heat"”.
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Public perception and response to extreme heat events
In the United States extreme heat events have grown in size and stature over the past 20 years. Urban Heat Islands exacerbate these extreme heat events leaving a sizable portion of people at risk for heat related fatalities. The evidence of this is seen in the Chicago heat wave of 1995 which killed …
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A Multi-level Analysis of Extreme Heat in Cities
… are causing increasing concern about extreme heat in cities worldwide. Urban extreme heat like other climate-related phenomena is a complex problem that requires expertise from a range of disciplines and multi-faceted solutions. Therefore, this study aims to develop a comprehensive …
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Prioritizing Preparedness: Extreme Heat and Climate Change Preparation of Midwestern Health Departments
… dissertation is about the factors that influence heat wave preparedness of Midwestern health departments, and the climate change perceptions of public health officials. Heat waves have historically impacted the Midwest and, due to the variable pattern of these events, are full of uncertainties. …
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Modeling Extreme Heat Risk in Urban Areas Using Computer Vision and Data Analysis
… health. Urban areas suffer the effects of urban heat islands, which exacerbate the temperature rise from extreme heat events because they have more paved surfaces, less vegetation, and more heat created from human activities. As a result, heat risk modeling aims to reduce heat risk for vulnerable …
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Economic costs of extreme heat on groundnut production in the Senegal Groundnut Basin
… long-term changes in the frequency of extreme temperatures in the Groundnut Basin and the impact of extreme temperatures on groundnut production. The current economic costs of extreme temperatures on groundnut farmers and potential future additional economic costs associated with …
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Economic Implications of Extreme Heat Effects on Rice Yield and Milling Quality in Arkansas
… livelihoods and food security. Past analyses of extreme heat effects on rice production have focused on paddy yield and have not accounted for the detrimental impact of extreme heat on milling quality outcomes which ultimately determine edible (marketable) rice yield and value. Using rice yield …
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Building Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action in Zanzibar, Tanzania through Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment (MHRA)
The Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) is an ongoing initiative of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center that aims to build climate resilience in urban areas, particularly addressing extreme heat and coastal threats in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and East …
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Adapting to Extreme Heat: Social, Atmospheric, and Infrastructure Impacts of Air Conditioning in Megacities - The Case of New York City
<p>Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and intense in most large cities. Built-up surfaces also limit cooling mechanisms, leading to warmer conditions in cities, a phenomenon called the Urban Heat Island (UHI). This presents major challenges to reduce adverse health effects of hot …
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Public health implications of hot summer days and vulnerability indexes in Massachusetts
… technological adaptations to help them cope, extreme heat events will likely have a large impact on vulnerable populations in Massachusetts. As such, heat events are likely to impact the health of residents because they are related to a rise in all-cause hospital admissions and other health …
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Essays on Measuring Climate Change Damages and Adaptation
… average temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events, climate change is already causing severe ecological and economic damages. Further warming is expected to have a profound effect on the functioning of ecological and human systems worldwide. While it is a top priority to limit …
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Demonstration and implementation of thermally passive low-income housing : a case study in Bhuj
In a 2004 Global Health Risks report, the World Heath Organization identified insufficient protection from extreme heat as one of the primary heath concerns in developing nations. The combination of a harsh environment and the lack of coping resources can lead to cardiovascular and respiratory …
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Solar-Powered Critical Cooling: A Theoretical Feasibility Study for Human Thermal Regulation
… tornadoes, floods, or earthquakes, but extreme heat events. With climate models projecting an increase in the frequency, intensity, and duration of heatwaves in the coming decades this threat to life is expected to only increase. Air conditioning has been demonstrated to reduce mortality …
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Evaluating heat mitigation by urban canopy in New York City’s public housing developments
… understanding of vegetation response to heat waves in order to improve estimates of heat mitigation in the face of extreme heat.</p> <p>Surface temperatures are generally higher in cities than surrounding rural areas due to anthropogenically altered land cover. This phenomenon is known as …
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A spatial analysis of corn and soybean yields and weather relations
… stage; the favorable effect of moderate heat could not compensate the yield loss caused by extreme heat at the same magnitude; and heterogeneous crop-weather relations across crop reporting district prevented further aggregation of cropping region. As another objective of this thesis, …
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Interrogating the multi-stress tolerance of Oryza australiensis using novel genomic and phenomic strategies
… to a number of abiotic stresses including heat wave events and drought. To keep pace with increasing food demand, domestic rice will need to be augmented such that its realised yield is close to its potential yield. Recently there has been great interest in exploring novel germplasm for …
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Experimental investigation of leading edge jet impingement with varying jet geometries and inlet supply conditions for turbine cooling applications.
… of modern gas turbine airfoils to combat the extreme heat loads incurred within this region. This experimental investigation employs a transient liquid crystal technique to obtain detailed Nusselt number distributions on a concave, cylindrical surface that models the leading edge of a turbine …
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Design of medical waste treatment systems employing bioremediation
… organisms economically and without the danger of extreme heat or poisonous chemicals. The biochemical process is not yet fully developed. Nonetheless, the development of a marketable system to take advantage of this technology has been initiated. The motivation for developing this technology and …
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Climate Change and Residential Mortgage Lenders
… risk only or reactions to natural disasters or extreme weather. Yet there are a number of reasons why the topic is important. First, US mortgages are crucial to financial cycles, and issues in the mortgage market can quickly affect other credit markets and cross borders. Evidence shows that the …
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A Qualitative Study of Urban Mini-forest Initiation Within the Context of Canada’s Changing Climate
… change, particularly concerning protection from extreme heat, were identified as factors, as was the opportunity to inspire future climate action. Additionally, participants had considered at least one climate impact affecting the long-term resilience of the mini-forests they planted, and for …
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Taming Torridity New Housing Forms for Heat Resilience
… new building forms that foster resilience to extreme heat through social proximity, housing heterogeneity, and novel space cooling strategies. As we move into a new climate paradigm of increased weather variation and higher temperatures, extreme heat events will become more frequent and …
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