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Modification of Heat-Related Mortality in an Elderly Urban Population by Vegetation (Urban Green) and Proximity to Water (Urban Blue): Evidence from Lisbon, Portugal

Modification of Heat-Related Mortality in an Elderly Urban Population by Vegetation (Urban Green) and Proximity to Water (Urban Blue): Evidence from Lisbon, Portugal

Urban green and blue appeared to have a mitigating effect on heat-related mortality in the elderly population in Lisbon.

Burkart, Katrin; et al

Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(7), July 2016

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The association between mortality and a 1‹C increase in UTCI above the 99th percentile (24.8‹C) was stronger for areas in the lowest NDVI quartile (14.7% higher; 95% CI: 1.9, 17.5%) than for areas in the highest quartile (3.0%; 95% CI: 2.0, 4.0%). In areas > 4 km from water, a 1‹C increase in UTCI above the 99th percentile was associated with a 7.1% increase in mortality only 2.1% (95% CI: 1.2, 3.0%).