A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation

Nature and COVID-19: The pandemic, the environment, and the way ahead

(2021) Jeffrey A. McNeely   AMBIO

Emerging from COVID-19: Lessons for Action on Climate Change and Health in Cities

(2021) James Milner et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH-BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

International Perceptions of Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Comparison across Four Cities

(2021) Emily C. O’Donnell et al.   Water

Climate change adaptation in Indian cities: A review of existing actions and spaces for triple wins

(2021) Chandni Singh et al.   Urban Climate

Contributions of Smart City Solutions and Technologies to Resilience against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review

(2021) Ayyoob Sharifi et al.   Sustainability

Modeling and comparing central and room air conditioning ownership and cold-season in-home thermal comfort using the American Housing Survey

(2020) Carina J. Gronlund et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Community perception, response and adaptation strategies towards flood risk in a traditional African city

(2020) S. A. Mashi et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

Cascading risks of waterborne diseases from climate change

(2020) Jan C. Semenza   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Integration of mitigation and adaptation in urban climate change action plans in Europe: A systematic assessment

(2020) S. Grafakos et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Enhancing nature-based solutions acceptance through stakeholders' engagement in co-benefits identification and trade-offs analysis

(2020) R. Giordano et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Carly A. Phillips et al.   Nature Climate Change

Climate change, air pollution, and allergic respiratory diseases: a call to action for health professionals

(2020) Shi-Zhou Deng et al.   CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL

Applying landscape metrics and structural equation modeling to predict the effect of urban green space on air pollution and respiratory mortality in Tehran

(2020) Shirkou Jaafari et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Green Infrastructure and Health

(2020) Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen   Annual Review of Public Health

Estimating The Costs Of Inaction And The Economic Benefits Of Addressing The Health Harms Of Climate Change

(2020) Vijay S. Limaye et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Trade-offs and conflicts between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

(2020) Ayyoob Sharifi   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

(2020) Ayyoob Sharifi   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

(2020) Ayyoob Sharifi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Seven lessons for planning nature-based solutions in cities

(2019) Niki Frantzeskaki   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

A Healthy, Energy-Efficient and Comfortable Indoor Environment, a Review

(2019) Paulína Šujanová et al.   Energies

Association between urban green space and the risk of cardiovascular disease: A longitudinal study in seven Korean metropolitan areas

(2019) Sumin Seo et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Put equity first in climate adaptation

(2019) Mark Pelling et al.   NATURE

Modeling the provision of air-quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators

(2019) Paula Matos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

High albedo materials to counteract heat waves in cities: An assessment of meteorology, buildings energy needs and pedestrian thermal comfort

(2019) Serena Falasca et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Capacity planning and reconfiguration for disaster-resilient health infrastructure

(2019) Amir Hossein Aghapour et al.   Journal of Building Engineering

Influence of urban green open space on residents’ physical activity in China

(2019) Han Wang et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Heat-health action plans in Europe: Challenges ahead and how to tackle them

(2019) Gerardo S. Martinez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

A systematic review of the human health and social well-being outcomes of green infrastructure for stormwater and flood management

(2019) Vidya Venkataramanan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Integrating Public Health into Climate Change Policy and Planning: State of Practice Update

(2019) Mary Fox et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

How Does the Built Environment in Compact Metropolitan Cities Affect Health? A Systematic Review of Korean Studies

(2019) Kim et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Green Infrastructure in Cities as A Tool for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Slovakian and Polish Experiences

(2019) Ingrid Belčáková et al.   Atmosphere

Engaging stakeholders in the assessment of NBS effectiveness in flood risk reduction: A participatory System Dynamics Model for benefits and co-benefits evaluation

(2019) Alessandro Pagano et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Designing Urban Green Blue Infrastructure for Mental Health and Elderly Wellbeing

(2019) Maria Beatrice Andreucci et al.   Sustainability

Towards the next generation of green building for urban heat island mitigation: Zero UHI impact building

(2019) Bao-Jie He   Sustainable Cities and Society

What individual and neighbourhood-level factors increase the risk of heat-related mortality? A case-crossover study of over 185,000 deaths in London using high-resolution climate datasets

(2019) Peninah Murage et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Planned sheltering as an adaptation strategy to climate change: Lessons learned from the severe flooding in Anhui Province of China in 2016

(2019) Jiabing Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An early-stage analysis of climate-adaptive designs for multi-family buildings under future climate scenario: Case studies in Rome, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden

(2019) Jingchun Shen et al.   Journal of Building Engineering

Thermal environment effects and interactions of reservoirs and forests as urban blue-green infrastructures

(2018) Di Wu et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks

(2018) Joana Vieira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Emergence of new knowledge for climate change adaptation

(2018) Marta Olazabal et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health

(2018) Nick Watts et al.   LANCET

Ecosystem services management: An evaluation of green adaptations for urban development in Dhaka, Bangladesh

(2018) Naeema Jihan Zinia et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A review of advances in China’s flash flood early-warning system

(2018) Changjun Liu et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

The nexus between climate change, ecosystem services and human health: Towards a conceptual framework

(2018) Aline Chiabai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Locking in positive climate responses in cities

(2018) Diana Ürge-Vorsatz et al.   Nature Climate Change

Urban Green Space and Its Impact on Human Health

(2018) Michelle Kondo et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Assessing Strategies for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Six Metropolitan Cities in South Korea

(2018) Jae-Seung Lee et al.   Sustainability

Resilient urban forms: A review of literature on streets and street networks

(2018) Ayyoob Sharifi   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Urban population density and mortality in a compact Dutch city: 23-year follow-up of the Dutch GLOBE study

(2018) Mariëlle A. Beenackers et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Perceptions of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) at a Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Provider in Minnesota

(2018) Jerrod Brown et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Designing public squares with green infrastructure to optimize human thermal comfort

(2018) Teresa Zölch et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Integrating Health into Local Climate Response: Lessons from the U.S. CDC Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative

(2017) Mary C. Sheehan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

A framework for assessing and implementing the co-benefits of nature-based solutions in urban areas

(2017) Christopher M. Raymond et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

The concept of sustainable manufacturing and its definitions: A content-analysis based literature review

(2017) Anastasiia Moldavska et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Healthy Cities of Tomorrow: the Case for Large Scale Built Environment–Health Studies

(2017) Chinmoy Sarkar et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH-BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

Benefits on public health from transport-related greenhouse gas mitigation policies in Southeastern European cities

(2017) D.A. Sarigiannis et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Street canyon design and improvement potential for urban open spaces; the influence of canyon aspect ratio and orientation on microclimate and outdoor comfort

(2017) Angeliki Chatzidimitriou et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Relating microclimate, human thermal comfort and health during heat waves: An analysis of heat island mitigation strategies through a case study in an urban outdoor environment

(2017) Ferdinando Salata et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Energy saving potential of natural ventilation in China: The impact of ambient air pollution

(2016) Zheming Tong et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Governance and networks for health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: Lessons from two Indian cities

(2016) Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Lessons from flood early warning systems

(2016) Jan Cools et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

The science and politics of co-benefits in climate policy

(2016) Jan P. Mayrhofer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Untangling the Impacts of Climate Change on Waterborne Diseases: a Systematic Review of Relationships between Diarrheal Diseases and Temperature, Rainfall, Flooding, and Drought

(2016) Karen Levy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities

(2016) Mark Stevenson et al.   LANCET

City planning and population health: a global challenge

(2016) Billie Giles-Corti et al.   LANCET

Principles and criteria for assessing urban energy resilience: A literature review

(2016) Ayyoob Sharifi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Simulation and Evaluation of Urban Growth for Germany Including Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures

(2016) Jana Hoymann et al.   ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Environmental-conscious factors affecting street microclimate and individuals’ respiratory health in tropical coastal cities

(2016) Arezou Shafaghat et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Making cities resilient to climate change: identifying “win–win” interventions

(2016) Hari Bansha Dulal   Local Environment

CFD simulation and validation of urban microclimate: A case study for Bergpolder Zuid, Rotterdam

(2015) Y. Toparlar et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Climatic and thermal comfort analysis of the Tel-Aviv Geddes Plan: A historical perspective

(2015) Yaron Jørgen Balslev et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Urban social housing resilience to excess summer heat

(2015) A. Mavrogianni et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Overheating and passive habitability: indoor health and heat indices

(2015) Seth H. Holmes et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods

(2015) Diane Bélanger et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Impacts of the creation, expansion and management of English wetlands on mosquito presence and abundance – developing strategies for future disease mitigation

(2015) Jolyon M Medlock et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Green infrastructure as life support: urban nature and climate change

(2015) Sheryn D. Pitman et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Nature and Health

(2014) Terry Hartig et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Extended impacts of climate change on health and wellbeing

(2014) Felicity Thomas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Weather extremes and street life in India—Implications of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping as a new tool for semi-quantitative impact assessment and ranking of adaptation measures

(2014) Diana Reckien   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

The soil–water system as basis for a climate proof and healthy urban environment: Opportunities identified in a Dutch case-study

(2014) Jacqueline Claessens et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Challenges associated with projecting urbanization-induced heat-related mortality

(2014) David M. Hondula et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Toward quantitative analysis of water-energy-urban-climate nexus for urban adaptation planning

(2014) Y Jeffrey Yang et al.   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Health and economic implications of natural ventilation in California offices

(2013) Spencer M. Dutton et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Passive alternatives to mechanical air conditioning of building: A review

(2013) D.G. Leo Samuel et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Evaluating the effectiveness of heat warning systems: systematic review of epidemiological evidence

(2013) Ghasem Toloo et al.   International Journal of Public Health

Synergistic Interactions between Urban Heat Islands and Heat Waves: The Impact in Cities Is Larger than the Sum of Its Parts*

(2013) Dan Li et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

US billion-dollar weather and climate disasters: data sources, trends, accuracy and biases

(2013) Adam B. Smith et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

An ecological study investigating the association between access to urban green space and mental health

(2013) D. Nutsford et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

Improving cross-sectoral climate change adaptation for coastal settlements: insights from South East Queensland, Australia

(2013) S. Serrao-Neumann et al.   Regional Environmental Change

The Impact of Air-conditioning Usage on Sick Building Syndrome during Summer in China

(2012) Bin Cao et al.   INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Health co-benefits and risks of public health adaptation strategies to climate change: a review of current literature

(2012) June J. Cheng et al.   International Journal of Public Health

Green space and physical activity: An observational study using Health Survey for England data

(2012) Oliver T Mytton et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

The relationship between urban sprawl and coronary heart disease in women

(2012) Beth Ann Griffin et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Health and wellbeing in the changing urban environment: complex challenges, scientific responses, and the way forward

(2012) Xuemei Bai et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Climate Change and Health in the Urban Environment: Adaptation Opportunities in Australian Cities

(2011) Hilary Jane Bambrick et al.   Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Relationship between commuting and health outcomes in a cross-sectional population survey in southern Sweden

(2011) Erik Hansson et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

The effects of urban and building design parameters on solar access to the urban canyon and the potential for direct passive solar heating strategies

(2011) M.M.E. van Esch et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Six Climate Change–Related Events In The United States Accounted For About $14 Billion In Lost Lives And Health Costs

(2011) Kim Knowlton et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Integration, synthesis and climate change adaptation: a narrative based on coastal wetlands at the regional scale

(2011) Jennifer G. Burley et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air pollution and potential co-benefits from mitigation and adaptation

(2011) Sharon L Harlan et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

A review of the adaptation and mitigation of global climate change using sustainable drainage in cities

(2011) S. M. Charlesworth   Journal of Water and Climate Change

Urban Form and Extreme Heat Events: Are Sprawling Cities More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than Compact Cities?

(2010) Brian Stone et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Health co-benefits of policies to tackle climate change

(2010) Detlev Ganten et al.   LANCET

Preventing heat-related morbidity and mortality: New approaches in a changing climate

(2009) Marie S. O’Neill et al.   MATURITAS

The Built Environment, Climate Change, and Health

(2008) Margalit Younger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Designing urban spaces and buildings to improve sustainability and quality of life in a warmer world

(2008) Claire Smith et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Stress perception and commuting

(2008) Georg Gottholmseder et al.   HEALTH ECONOMICS