Estimation of mild health disorder caused by urban air temperature increase with midpoint-type impact assessment methodology

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 662, 2011, Pages 459-467

  Ihara, Tomohiko ^a   Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Hara, Masayuki ^c   Matsuhashi, Ryuji ^d   Yoshida, Yoshikuni ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CVIVL Fatigue; Global warming; Hyperthermia; Sleep disorder; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEALTH DISORDERS; HYPERTHERMIA; IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP DISTURBANCES; URBAN AIR; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GLOBAL WARMING; SLEEP RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861073895     PISSN: 13480685     EISSN: 1881817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/aije.76.459     Document Type: Review

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