Spatial Analyses of Vulnerability to Heat Stress and Morbidity of Heat Related Diseases－ A Case Study of Taipei Urban Region

• Main Authors: Xue, Han-Yun, 薛涵云
• Other Authors: Yeh, Chia-Tsung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7hgfm5

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 都市計劃研究所 === 105 === While facing to the challenge of the global climate change, the appearance of the extreme weather strikes the eco-system and the living environment of human being. In this study, we discussed the impact of heat events to the morbidity of heat related diseases. Based on previous works from other researchers, we set suitable definition of heat event for Taipei urban region and utilized multiple regression and overlay analysis to analyze the relationship between heat events and he morbidity of heat related diseases. According to the results, we found that as high-sensitive group to heat events, the population of aborigines and the economic ability both are main factors of the morbidity of heat related diseases in urban region. However, natural environment related factors are dominant in rural region. With the longer duration of heat events, the morbidity of heat related diseases will be higher, whereas the coverage of green space and the education level are two factors that can improve the adaptation capacity of rural region. Additionally, we found that single approach to evaluate the heat vulnerability is not able to reflect the actual encounter data in regions with different social economical structures. To establish suitable models of heat vulnerability evaluation, weather characteristics, economical condition, culture of local regions should be analyzed. Base on the analysis results of this study, following advises will be proposed in response heat events: improve the health care system for high-sensitive group in Taipei urban region, raise concern to living environment of aborigines, establish warming systems for heat events according to local conditions, increase the crisis awareness to heat events in rural regions, and improve the medical and health care resources in rural regions.