Ramin Brodie, Svoboda Tomislav
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (BR, TS), Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Urban Health. 2009 Jul;86(4):654-64. doi: 10.1007/s11524-009-9354-7. Epub 2009 May 15.
The homeless are amongst the most vulnerable groups in developed regions, suffering from high rates of poorly controlled chronic disease, smoking, respiratory conditions, and mental illness, all of which render them vulnerable to new and resurgent disease processes associated with climate change. To date, there have been no papers reviewing the impacts of climate change on the homeless population. This paper provides a framework for understanding the nature of such an impact. We review four pathways: increased heat waves, increased air pollution, increased severity of floods and storms, and the changing distribution of West Nile Virus. We emphasize the need for further debate and research in this field.
在发达地区，无家可归者是最弱势群体之一，他们患有慢性病控制不佳、吸烟、呼吸系统疾病和精神疾病的比例很高，所有这些都使他们容易受到与气候变化相关的新出现和重新出现的疾病过程的影响。迄今为止，还没有论文综述气候变化对无家可归者群体的影响。本文提供了一个理解这种影响本质的框架。我们综述了四条途径：热浪增加、空气污染增加、洪水和风暴的严重程度增加以及西尼罗河病毒分布的变化。我们强调在这一领域需要进一步开展辩论和研究。
