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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab0bb9
	The growing threat of heat disasters
	Sailor D.J.; Baniassadi A.; O'Lenick C.R.; Wilhelmi O.V.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:5
英文摘要	Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States and indoor exposure is responsible for a significant portion of the resulting fatalities. Evolving construction practices combined with urban development in harsh climates has led building occupants in many cities to rely on air conditioning (AC) to a degree that their health and well-being are compromised in its absence. The risks are substantial if loss of AC coincides with a hot weather episode (henceforth, a heat disaster). Using simulations, we found that residential buildings in many US cities are highly vulnerable to heat disasters - with more than 50 million citizens living in cities at significant risk. This situation will be exacerbated by intensification of urban heat islands, climate change, and evolving construction practices. It is therefore crucial that future building codes consider thermal resiliency in addition to energy efficiency. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	heat waves; indoor thermal comfort; overheating; power outage; resiliency
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Air conditioning; Building codes; Climate change; Energy efficiency; Outages; Urban growth; Heat waves; Indoor thermal comfort; overheating; Power outage; resiliency; Disasters; air conditioning; climate change; health risk; heat island; heat wave; heating; indoor air; public health; urban area; urban development; United States
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154595
作者单位	School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States; School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sailor D.J.,Baniassadi A.,O'Lenick C.R.,et al. The growing threat of heat disasters[J],2019,14(5).
APA	Sailor D.J.,Baniassadi A.,O'Lenick C.R.,&Wilhelmi O.V..(2019).The growing threat of heat disasters.Environmental Research Letters,14(5).
MLA	Sailor D.J.,et al."The growing threat of heat disasters".Environmental Research Letters 14.5(2019).