Effectiveness and Risk Communication Suggestion of Extreme High Temperature Early Warning System in Taipei Metropolitan Area.

• Main Authors: Ying-Chih Lin, 林穎治
• Other Authors: Yu-Chun Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23884528764562432180

碩士 === 中原大學 === 環境工程學系 === 105 === This study, to prevent the health impact of extreme temperatures, operated a real-time early-warning system for extreme temperatures in Taipei Metropolitan since 2015. The health risk and vulnerable subgroups associated with extreme temperatures were identified and set as potential targets of early-warning system. The system automatically imports the county-specific 24-hour weather forecast information from Central Weather Bureau and posts it on the homepage of the system. The participants will receive the warning message enclosed with general self-adaptation advices when the system detects the forecasting temperatures would exceed the thresholds temperatures of health risks. This study collected 122 anonymous questionnaires from the system users. The questionnaire contains questions to understand the characteristics and social conditions of subjects, their cognition, attitude and behavior intention to climate change and extreme temperature issues, knowledge of sensitivity and vulnerability of climate change. This study investigated that female has more positive attitude, subjective and intention than male, and the annual income has no significant effect to the issue. Controversial answer were exisited in users of Taipei metropolitan area, such as “are capable to adapt the extreme temperatures by their living habits but still expect the policy and acts by authority” and “understand the conditions of climate change and extreme temperature issues but lack of information”. In summary, authority should improve and provide information and various risk communications to different vulnerable subgroups to enhance their knowledge, congnition, attitude and behavior to adapt the health impacts of extreme temperatures.