Characteristics of Heat Waves From a Disaster Perspective

In September 2018, heat waves were declared to be a type of natural disaster by the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety. The present study examined the characteristics of heat waves from the perspectives of meteorological phenomena and health damage. The government’s efforts to m...

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Autores principales: Kim, Do-Woo, Kwon, Chaeyoung, Kim, Jineun, Lee, Jong-Seol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2020
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7002988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32023671
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.19.315
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description In September 2018, heat waves were declared to be a type of natural disaster by the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety. The present study examined the characteristics of heat waves from the perspectives of meteorological phenomena and health damage. The government’s efforts to minimize the damages incurred by heat waves are summarized chronologically. Furthermore, various issues pertaining to heat waves that are being raised in our society despite the government’s efforts are summarized by analyzing big data derived from reported news and academic articles.
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spelling pubmed-70029882020-02-12 Characteristics of Heat Waves From a Disaster Perspective Kim, Do-Woo Kwon, Chaeyoung Kim, Jineun Lee, Jong-Seol J Prev Med Public Health Perspective In September 2018, heat waves were declared to be a type of natural disaster by the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety. The present study examined the characteristics of heat waves from the perspectives of meteorological phenomena and health damage. The government’s efforts to minimize the damages incurred by heat waves are summarized chronologically. Furthermore, various issues pertaining to heat waves that are being raised in our society despite the government’s efforts are summarized by analyzing big data derived from reported news and academic articles. Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2020-01 2020-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7002988/ /pubmed/32023671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.19.315 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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