Open AccessGreen Space and Deaths Attributable to the Urban Heat Island Effect in Ho Chi Minh City
Author(s) -
Trần Ngọc Đăng,
Doan Quang Van,
Hiroyuki Kusaka,
Xerxes Seposo,
Yasushi Honda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.304123
Subject(s) - urban heat island , attributable risk , population , geography , environmental science , physical geography , demography , meteorology , medicine , environmental health , sociology
To quantify heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, caused by the urban heat island (UHI) and explore factors that may alleviate the impact of UHIs.