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- Dabaieh, Marwa, et al.
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A Comparative Monitoring Study of Indoor and Outdoor Heat Stress in Four Different Urban Typologies in Cairo
- 2020
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Ingår i: Planning Post Carbon Cities: 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, A Coruña, 1st-3rd September 2020: Proceedings. - : University of A Coruna and Asoc. - 9788497497947 ; , s. 1161-1166
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rapid urbanization and increasing heat exposure from climate change in combination with the urban heat island effect has become a contemporary pervasive threat to human health. We monitored four urban typologies with temperature and humidity sensors during the 2015 summer peak in Cairo, Egypt to evaluate which typologies could potentially reduce adverse impacts on human health. Our mixed methods approach included qualitative surveys to gauge how people perceived heat stress. While our monitoring revealed that indoor temperatures were cooler by 1.64°C in the low-density typology relative to outdoor temperatures, the minor indoor temperature differences revealed that building envelopes had little impact on protecting inhabitants. The study points to the urgent need for more comprehensive empirical monitoring of indoor heat stress in urban areas. Future research would benefit from greater interdisciplinarity so that a more inclusive range of heat stress scenarios, particularly in urban areas in the Global South, can be anticipated, and thereby monitored, mitigated and potentially avoided in order to reduce human health insecurity impacts from climate change.
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- Lundgren-Kownacki, Karin, et al.
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Climate change-induced heat risks for migrant populations working at brick kilns in India : a transdisciplinary approach
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Journal of Biometeorology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0020-7128 .- 1432-1254. ; 62:3, s. 347-358
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the summer of 2015, India was hit by a scorching heat wave that melted pavements in Delhi and caused thousands of deaths, mainly among the most marginalized populations. One such group facing growing heat risks from both occupational and meteorological causes are migrant brick kiln workers. This study evaluates both current heat risks and the potential future impacts of heat caused by climate change, for the people working at brick kilns in India. A case study of heat stress faced by people working at brick kilns near Chennai, India, is the anchor point around which a transdisciplinary approach was applied. Around Chennai, the situation is alarming since occupational heat exposure in the hot season from March to July is already at the upper limits of what humans can tolerate before risking serious impairment. The aim of the study was to identify new pathways for change and soft solutions by both reframing the problem and expanding the solution space being considered in order to improve the quality of life for the migrant populations at the brick kilns. Technical solutions evaluated include the use of sun-dried mud bricks and other locally “appropriate technologies” that could mitigate the worsening of climate change-induced heat. Socio-cultural solutions discussed for empowering the people who work at the brick kilns include participatory approaches such as open re-localization, and rights-based approaches including the environmental sustainability and the human rights-based approach framework. Our analysis suggests that an integrative, transdisciplinary approach could incorporate a more holistic range of technical and socio-culturally informed solutions in order to protect the health of people threatened by India’s brick kiln industry.
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- Lundgren Kownacki, Karin, et al.
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Increasing heat creates hardship for brick kiln workers in Chennai, India and the alternative pathways reducing it
- 2019
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Ingår i: Climanosco Research Articles. - : Climanosco. - 2673-1568. ; 2, s. 1-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change brings new burdens to people working outdoors. Migrant populations working at brick kilns in India are one such group facing dangerously overheated working conditions. Many migrate to the kilns from rural areas under bonded labor conditions. We argue that solutions need to go beyond industry-oriented technology-based solutions and focus on the social problem and take a people focused stance. In addition to adopting more locally appropriate technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and heat in the work environment, solutions focusing on the workers situation must be considered from a human rights perspective.
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