Increased heat stress for the population of urbanized areas against the background of global climate change

• Date: 2024
• Main Author: Sviatohorov, Illia O.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture 2024
• Subjects: urbanized areas; climate changes; heat dome; relative humidity; heat stress
• Online Access: https://es-journal.in.ua/article/view/301743
• Journal Title: Environmental safety and natural resources

The combination of high temperature and relative humidity of the atmospheric air creates heat stress, which has a serious impact on the environment, society and the health of the population in urban areas. Using the example of the city of Kyiv, the paper investigated long-term changes in heat stress...