Multiscale assessment of thermal comfort, exposure, inequality, and heat risk in Zhengzhou DOI Creative Commons
Huina Zhang, Jun Zhang, Роман Федюк

et al.

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: May 4, 2025

Increasing thermal discomfort and exposure threaten the health well-being of urban residents. Existing research is usually limited to a single scale such as city-level regional level. In addition, little has been reported on differences in inequality population exposure. this paper, Modified Temperature Humidity Index (MTHI), population-weighted model, Gini coefficient (GINI) were applied assess comfort, exposure, at multiple scales (city-level, county-level, town-level parcel-level) Zhengzhou city from 1990 2020. Heat risks study area assessed risk categories assessment units classified. The results showed that past three decades, comfort residents had gradually decreased, degree steadily increased. Thermal coefficients complex variations different regions. multi-scale administrative districts significant effect, indicating finer spatial scale, stronger heterogeneity. 2020, 27 towns discomfort; 24 characterized by high exposure; 305 parcels 239 64 heat with lower mainly located central northern areas Zhengzhou. values center polarized. dominated comfort-low exposure-low discomfort-high inequality. This could lead better understanding scales, contributing improved environmental justice sustainable development.

Language: Английский

Multiscale assessment of thermal comfort, exposure, inequality, and heat risk in Zhengzhou DOI Creative Commons
Huina Zhang, Jun Zhang, Роман Федюк

et al.

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: May 4, 2025

Increasing thermal discomfort and exposure threaten the health well-being of urban residents. Existing research is usually limited to a single scale such as city-level regional level. In addition, little has been reported on differences in inequality population exposure. this paper, Modified Temperature Humidity Index (MTHI), population-weighted model, Gini coefficient (GINI) were applied assess comfort, exposure, at multiple scales (city-level, county-level, town-level parcel-level) Zhengzhou city from 1990 2020. Heat risks study area assessed risk categories assessment units classified. The results showed that past three decades, comfort residents had gradually decreased, degree steadily increased. Thermal coefficients complex variations different regions. multi-scale administrative districts significant effect, indicating finer spatial scale, stronger heterogeneity. 2020, 27 towns discomfort; 24 characterized by high exposure; 305 parcels 239 64 heat with lower mainly located central northern areas Zhengzhou. values center polarized. dominated comfort-low exposure-low discomfort-high inequality. This could lead better understanding scales, contributing improved environmental justice sustainable development.

Language: Английский

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