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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102446
	Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany
	Osberghaus D.; Abeling T.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	72
英文摘要	Heat waves associated with global warming are a significant hazard to human health, and they particularly endanger low-income households. In this study, we systematically analyze how the different components of heat vulnerability are related to household income, and present empirical evidence on the determinants of heat adaptation, focusing on the role of income. We contribute the first empirical analysis of heat vulnerability using household-level data at the national level, based on a longitudinal survey, including data points for 10,226 households in Germany in the period 2012–2020. Our results indicate that low income households are significantly more heat sensitive and have lower adaptive capacity than high income households, measured inter alia by health status, household composition, and economic and psychological resources to implement adaptation measures. However, heat hazard and exposure levels are comparable between income groups, hence there is no sorting of richer households into less hazardous or exposed locations on a national scale. We also contribute robust empirical evidence on the factors influencing household decisions to implement technical adaptation measures (e.g. installation of air conditioning), ultimately showing that the adaptation behavior of the most vulnerable households (e.g. people with poor health conditions or the elderly) is not limited by financial constraints. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Climate adaptation Distributional aspects Heat vulnerability Household level Income
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptive management; empirical analysis; global warming; heat wave; psychology; public health; vulnerability; Germany
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249523
作者单位	ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, L7, 1, Mannheim, 68161, Germany; UBA – German Environment Agency, Wörlitzer Platz 1, Dessau-Roßlau, 06844, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Osberghaus D.,Abeling T.. Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany[J],2022,72.
APA	Osberghaus D.,&Abeling T..(2022).Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany.Global Environmental Change,72.
MLA	Osberghaus D.,et al."Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany".Global Environmental Change 72(2022).