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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.03.005
	How are healthy, working populations affected by increasing temperatures in the tropics? Implications for climate change adaptation policies
	Masuda Y.J.; Castro B.; Aggraeni I.; Wolff N.H.; Ebi K.; Garg T.; Game E.T.; Krenz J.; Spector J.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0959-3780
EISSN	1872-9495
起始页码	29
结束页码	40
卷号	56 页码:29-40
英文摘要	Climate change and land use change are increasing average and extreme temperatures. Hotter temperatures can detrimentally affect workers’ health and their economic productivity and livelihoods, especially in rural areas in industrializing countries that may be more vulnerable and less resilient. A growing literature has examined these factors at large spatial scales, yet few studies have done so at finer scales. Micro-level data from developing regions is needed to understand the extent of heat exposure, as well as current and future adaptation strategies of working, healthy, and rural populations. We fill this gap using objective environmental measurements from 3M TM Questemp TM 46 Heat Stress Monitors, as well as survey data from working, healthy, and rural communities in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Our data contain two groups: those who work in only open areas, and those who work in both forests and open areas. We document workers’ livelihood strategies, work schedules, perceptions of how temperatures impact their work, and future adaptation strategies for even hotter days. Ambient temperatures are 2.6–8.3 °C cooler in forests compared to open areas, indicating the temperature effects of deforestation can be immediate and significant. Those working only in open areas face up to 6.5 h of exposure to temperatures above the accepted Threshold Limit Value for worker well-being. Workers adapt to hotter temperatures by altering the timing of their work shifts and breaks, indicating our sample is already adapting to increasing temperatures from climate and land use change. We also find differential adaptation strategies between those working only in open areas compared to those working in both forests and open areas, suggesting current acclimatization may be a factor in how people adapt. Our results suggest the need for adaptation and mitigation policies tailored to the unique constraints of rural workers that specifically incorporate extant adaptation strategies. © 2019 The Authors
关键词	Climate change Heat exposure Deforestation Human well-being Adaptation Livelihoods
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate change; Deforestation; Heat exposure; Human well-being; Livelihoods
学科领域	Environmental Sciences;Environmental Studies;Geography
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000470053200004
scopus关键词	adaptive management; climate change; deforestation; environmental policy; high temperature; land use change; livelihood; mitigation; public health; rural area; socioeconomic conditions; strategic approach; temperature effect; tropical environment; vulnerability; working conditions; East Kalimantan; Indonesia
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/83241
作者单位	Global Science, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States; Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; Faculty of Public Health, Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Masuda Y.J.,Castro B.,Aggraeni I.,et al. How are healthy, working populations affected by increasing temperatures in the tropics? Implications for climate change adaptation policies[J],2019,56:29-40.
APA	Masuda Y.J..,Castro B..,Aggraeni I..,Wolff N.H..,Ebi K..,...&Spector J..(2019).How are healthy, working populations affected by increasing temperatures in the tropics? Implications for climate change adaptation policies.Global Environmental change,56,29-40.
MLA	Masuda Y.J.,et al."How are healthy, working populations affected by increasing temperatures in the tropics? Implications for climate change adaptation policies".Global Environmental change 56(2019):29-40.