DOI: 10.1002/wcc.468
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85019592044
论文题名: Heat, health, and humidity in Australia's monsoon tropics: a critical review of the problematization of ‘heat’ in a changing climate
作者: Oppermann E ; , Brearley M ; , Law L ; , Smith J ; A ; , Clough A ; , Zander K
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2017
卷: 8, 期: 4 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Atmospheric thermodynamics
; Health
; Changing climate
; Climate warms
; Climatic conditions
; Critical review
; Key elements
; Monsoon tropics
; Natural hazard
; Tropical monsoon
; Health risks
; climate change
; climate conditions
; health impact
; heat wave
; humidity
; monsoon
; Australia
英文摘要: Exposure to heat has killed more people in Australia than all other natural hazards combined. As the climate warms, temperatures are projected to rise substantially, increasing the impact of heat stress and heat illness nation-wide. The relation between heat and health is profoundly complex, however, and is understood differently across multiple sectors. This paper thus provides a critical review of how heat is currently measured and managed in Australia, highlighting how humidity, exposure, and exertion are key elements that are not consistently incorporated into ‘problematizations’ of heat. The presence or absence of these elements produces different spatial and temporal geographies of danger, as well as different governance practices. In particular, the invisibility of humidity as having a significant impact on heat and health shapes whether Australia's tropical monsoon zone is visible as a region at risk or not, and whether prolonged periods of seasonal heat are treated as dangerous. Similarly, different populations and practices become visible depending on whether the human body (its exposure, exertion, cooling, and hydration) is included in accounts of what constitutes ‘heat.’ As a result, the outdoor, manual workforce is visible as a population at risk in some accounts but not others. A brief review of key policy areas including housing, public health and work health and safety is presented to demonstrate how specific problematizations of heat are critical to the identification of, and response to, current and future climatic conditions. This has implications for how populations, places, and practices are constituted in the region. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e468. doi: 10.1002/wcc.468. For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website. © 2017 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76167
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作者单位: Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia; Centre for Tropical Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia; Office of Pro Vice Chancellor – Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia; Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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Oppermann E,, Brearley M,, Law L,et al. Heat, health, and humidity in Australia's monsoon tropics: a critical review of the problematization of ‘heat’ in a changing climate[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2017-01-01,8(4)