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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 197, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111000
关键词
Wind; Air ventilation; Mortality; Health; Urban design
资金
- General Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grants Council [14165817]
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council [R404618, 14611517]
Higher frontal area density (FAD) is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality and asthma mortality, indicating the impact of urban air ventilation on health outcomes. Better urban ventilation can help disperse pollutants and moderate temperature, highlighting the importance of considering ventilation in urban planning. Further research on urban ventilation and health outcomes in different settings is needed.
While associations between population health outcomes and some urban design characteristics, such as green space, urban heat islands (UHI), and walkability, have been well studied, no prior studies have examined the association of urban air ventilation and health outcomes. This study used data from Hong Kong, a densely populated city, to explore the association between urban air ventilation and mortality during 2008-2014. Frontal area density (FAD), was used to measure urban ventilation, with higher FAD indicating poorer ventilation, due to structures blocking wind penetration. Negative binomial regression models were constructed to regress mortality counts for each 5-year age group, gender, and small area group, on small area level variables including green space density, population density and socioeconomic indicators. An interquartile range increase in FAD was significantly associated with a 10% (95% confidence interval (CI) 2%-19%, p = 0.019) increase in all-cause mortality and a 21% (95% CI: 2%-45%, p = 0.030) increase in asthma mortality, and non-significantly associated with a 9% (95% CI: 1%-19%, p = 0.073) in cardio-respiratory mortality. Better urban ventilation can help disperse vehicle-related pollutants and allow moderation of UHIs, and for a coastal city may allow moderation of cold temperatures. Urban planning should take ventilation into account. Further studies on urban ventilation and health outcomes from different settings are needed.
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