Trees Reduce Heat Island Effect … and Save Lives

A rigorous study of green space and heat-related deaths in Ho Chi Minh City suggests that every 1-square kilometer increase in green space per 1000 people can prevent 7.4 deaths caused by heat.

Tran Ngoc Dang, PhD, MPH, Doan Quang Van, PhD, Hiroyuki Kusaka, PhD, Xerxes T. Seposo, PhD, and Yasushi Honda, MD, PhD. (2018, April). Green Space and Deaths Attributable to the Urban Heat Island Effect in Ho Chi Minh City. American Journal of Public Health, Supplement 2, 2018, Vol 108, No. S2

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