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Temporal changes in extreme high temperature, heat waves and relevant disasters in Nanjing metropolitan region, China

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The urban heat environment in Nanjing metropolitan region is significantly affected by human activities. The days of high temperature and heat waves became increasingly obvious. Therefore, this paper aimed to reveal the temporal changes in high temperature and heat waves and analyze the relevant disasters. The results showed that the duration and average high temperature were both increasing during 1951–2013. Days of heat waves were mainly concentrated in August. The longest duration of extreme heat was in 2013 lasting 9 days. The major issues caused by high temperature and heat waves were energy consumption, power shortage, human health and human habitat deterioration. Land use change driven by human activities altered the underlying surface and accelerated urban heat island effect. These views provide scientific evidence for assisting urban planning and industrial restructuring in the future.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Public Projects of State Oceanic Administration (201005009-13), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41130750), Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZZD-EW-10-04) and Program 135 from Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS2012135006). The authors are also grateful to two anonymous reviewers.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China

    Guilin Liu, Luocheng Zhang & Bin He

  2. Department of Environmental Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, University of Trier, 54286, Trier, Germany

    Guilin Liu

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Guilin Liu

  4. Department of Environmental Art Design, College of Design, Shandong University of Art, Jinan, 250014, China

    Xuan Jin

  5. College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Qian Zhang

  6. University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

    Bam Razafindrabe

  7. Poyang Lake Research Center, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang, 330096, China

    Hailin You

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Liu, G., Zhang, L., He, B. et al. Temporal changes in extreme high temperature, heat waves and relevant disasters in Nanjing metropolitan region, China. Nat Hazards 76, 1415–1430 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-014-1556-y

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