Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(15), P. 9234 - 9234
Published: July 28, 2022
Many
cities
of
the
world
suffer
from
air
pollution
because
poor
planning
and
design
heavy
traffic
in
rapidly
expanding
urban
environments.
These
conditions
are
exacerbated
due
to
Urban
Heat
Island
(UHI)
effect.
While
there
have
been
studies
linking
built
environment
with
health,
they
ignored
aggravating
role
UHI.
The
past
literature
this
field
has
also
science
materials,
vehicles
pollution,
technological
solutions
for
reducing
cumulative
health
impacts
Air
Pollution,
human
complex
discussion
factors
that
involve
several
different
fields.
is
linked
through
opportunities
physical
activity
quality.
Recent
focuses
on
creating
compact
walkable
areas
dotted
green
infrastructure
promote
reduce
vehicle
emission-related
pollution.
Reduced
car
use
leading
reduced
UHI
implied
literature.
technology
fields
speaks
issue
directly.
Zero
emission
cars,
building
materials
absorb
pollutants
fall
within
category.
This
paper
identifies
main
themes
two
streams
impact
presents
a
systematic
review
academic
papers,
policy
documents,
reports
features
print
media
published
last
10–20
years.
Environmental Research,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
216, P. 114489 - 114489
Published: Oct. 5, 2022
There
is
rapidly
growing
evidence
indicating
that
extreme
temperature
a
crucial
trigger
and
potential
activator
of
asthma;
however,
the
effects
on
asthma
are
inconsistently
reported
its
mechanisms
remain
undefined.
This
review
aims
to
estimate
impacts
heat,
cold,
variations
by
systematically
summarizing
existing
studies
from
epidemiological
biological
plausibility.
We
conducted
systematic
search
in
PubMed,
Embase,
Web
Science
inception
June
30,
2022,
we
retrieved
articles
epidemiology
which
assessed
associations
between
temperatures
asthma.
protocol
was
registered
with
PROSPERO
(CRD42021273613).
From
12,435
identified
records,
111
eligible
were
included
qualitative
synthesis,
37
meta-analysis
(20
for
16
15
variations).
For
evidence,
found
synergistic
temperatures,
indoor/outdoor
environments,
individual
vulnerabilities
important
triggers
attacks,
especially
when
there
heat
or
cold.
Meta-analysis
further
confirmed
associations,
pooled
relative
risks
attacks
cold
1.07
(95%CI:
1.03–1.12)
1.20
1.12–1.29),
respectively.
Additionally,
this
discussed
inflammatory
behind
exacerbation,
highlighted
regulatory
role
immunological
pathways
transient
receptor
ion
channels
triggered
temperatures.
concluded
both
could
significantly
increase
risk
proposed
mechanistic
framework,
understanding
disease
pathogenesis
uncovers
complex
protects
sensitive
individuals
weather
events
climate
change.
Sensors,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
22(2), P. 502 - 502
Published: Jan. 10, 2022
The
rapid
urbanization
process
brings
consequences
to
urban
environments,
such
poor
air
quality
and
the
heat
island
issues.
Due
these
effects,
environmental
monitoring
is
gaining
attention
with
aim
of
identifying
local
risks
improving
cities'
liveability
resilience.
However,
environments
are
very
heterogeneous,
high-spatial-resolution
data
needed
identify
intra-urban
variations
physical
parameters.
Recently,
wearable
sensing
techniques
have
been
used
perform
microscale
monitoring,
but
they
usually
focus
on
one
physics
domain.
This
paper
presents
a
new
system
developed
monitor
key
multidomain
parameters
related
quality,
thermal,
visual
domains,
hyperlocal
scale
from
pedestrian's
perspective.
consisted
set
sensors
connected
control
unit
settled
backpack
could
be
via
Wi-Fi
any
portable
equipment.
device
was
prototyped
guarantee
easy
maintenance,
user-friendly
dashboard
facilitated
real-time
overview.
Several
tests
were
conducted
confirm
reliability
sensors.
will
allow
comprehensive
comfort
investigations
carried
out,
which
can
support
planners
face
negative
effects
crowd
sourcing
in
smart
cities.
EBioMedicine,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
93, P. 104593 - 104593
Published: May 9, 2023
Viral
respiratory
infections
(VRIs)
cause
seasonal
epidemics
and
pandemics,
with
their
transmission
influenced
by
climate
conditions.
Despite
the
risks
posed
novel
VRIs,
relationships
between
change
VRIs
remain
poorly
understood.
In
this
review,
we
synthesized
existing
literature
to
explore
connections
changes
in
meteorological
conditions,
extreme
weather
events,
long-term
warming,
outbreaks,
epidemics,
pandemics
of
from
an
interdisciplinary
perspective.
We
proposed
a
comprehensive
conceptual
framework
highlighting
potential
biological,
socioeconomic,
ecological
mechanisms
underlying
impact
on
VRIs.
Our
findings
suggested
that
increases
risk
VRI
emergence
affecting
biology
viruses,
host
susceptibility,
human
behavior,
environmental
conditions
both
society
ecosystems.
Further
research
is
needed
address
dual
challenge
pandemics.
Applied Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(4), P. 2045 - 2045
Published: Feb. 15, 2025
Technological
advancements
in
low-cost
devices,
the
Internet
of
Things
(IoT),
numerical
models,
big
data
infrastructures,
and
high-performance
computing
are
revolutionizing
urban
management,
particularly
air
quality
governance.
This
study
examines
application
smart
technologies
to
address
challenges
using
integrated
sensor
networks
predictive
models.
The
decision
support
system
(DSS),
AERQ,
incorporates
AERMOD
modeling
tool,
achieving
a
10
m
spatial
1
h
temporal
resolution
for
predictions.
It
processes
hourly
climate
traffic
via
(HPC)
platform,
significantly
enhancing
prediction
accuracy
decision-making
efficiency.
has
been
calibrated
validated
NO2,
showing
good
performance
against
observations.
Tested
Cagliari,
Sardinia,
Italy,
AERQ
demonstrated
99%
reduction
computation
time
compared
modern
desktop
systems,
delivering
detailed
5-year
scenarios
under
15
h.
equips
stakeholders
with
indices,
scenario
analyses,
mitigation
strategies,
combining
advanced
visualization
tools
actionable
insights.
By
enabling
data-driven
decisions,
empowers
policymakers,
planners,
citizens
improve
public
health.
underscores
transformative
potential
integrating
into
providing
scalable
model
efficient,
informed,
responsive
Viruses,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 594 - 594
Published: Feb. 21, 2023
Influenza
causes
a
significant
disease
burden
as
an
acute
respiratory
infection.
Evidence
suggests
that
meteorological
factors
can
influence
the
spread
of
influenza;
however,
association
between
these
and
influenza
activity
remains
controversial.
In
this
study,
we
investigated
impact
temperature
on
across
different
regions
China
based
data
from
554
sentinel
hospitals
in
30
provinces
municipalities
2010
to
2017.
A
distributed
lag
nonlinear
model
(DLNM)
was
used
analyze
exposure
response
daily
mean
temperatures
risk
influenza-like
illness
(ILI),
(Flu
A),
B
B).
We
found
northern
China,
low
increased
ILI,
Flu
A,
B,
while
central
southern
both
high
ILI
only
B.
This
study
is
closely
associated
with
China.
Temperature
should
be
integrated
into
current
public
health
surveillance
system
for
highly
accurate
warnings
timely
implementation
prevention
control
measures.
