Climate change and extreme heat events.

By G. Luber, M. Mcgeehin. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008

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Built environmental correlates of older adults’ total physical activity and walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017, background): “Beyond facilitating PA, it is plausible that there are synergistic benefits of streetscape trees and vegetation, for example, in reducing urban heat island effect [103] and air pollution [104] – environmental factors linked with premature mortality [105] and global disease burden [106].”
Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance (2017, background): “The rise in air temperature in urban areas correlates with higher air pollution levels and heat stress and can even exacerbate heat related mortality (Brauer and Hystad, 2014; Luber and McGeehin, 2008; Smargiassi et al., 2009; Zhang et al., 2015).”
Heat Waves in the United States: Mortality Risk during Heat Waves and Effect Modification by Heat Wave Characteristics in 43 U.S. Communities (2010, background): “Power outages sometimes occur during heat waves (e.g., Bridger et al. 1976; Luber and McGeehin 2008), and these could contribute to particularly high impacts due to increased heat exposure without AC and greater difficulty leaving upper-level apartments in buildings with elevators.”