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Occupational health risks due to heat exposure in China during 1979-2020
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Oral Presentation
Start Time：2023-05-06 17:35（Asia/Shanghai）
Duration：10min
Session：8A 8A、城市与区域地理 »
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Abstract
Occupational health risks associated with extreme heat is becoming rise dramatically under climate change. However, to what extent heat exposure causes changes in the level of occupational health risks across sectors remains unclear. Applying gridded-data of temperature and working population in China, we explored occupational health risks in association with heat exposure across four sectors over the past 42 years. We found that the national occupational heat exposure increased by nearly 40% from 132.9 billion person-hours in 1979 to 184.8 billion person-hours in 2020 (Equivalent to 233 hours per person per year), with higher heat exposure in the Pearl River Delta, central Plains, Yangtze River Delta, and Chengyu regions. Occupational heat exposure in agriculture remained much higher than in other sectors, especially in Guangdong and Henan provinces, but the fastest growth was in services due to the adjustment of industrial structure and population mobility. Selecting regional and sectoral policies, emergency response plans, and climate adaptation strategies become even more crucial.
Keywords
Occupational health risks；,heat exposure,climate change
Speaker
谷魁英
清华大学Submission Author
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Conference Date
May 05
2023
toMay 08
2023
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Mar 31 2023
Draft paper submission deadline
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May 25 2023
Registration deadline
Sponsored By
青年地学论坛理事会
中国科学院青年创新促进会地学分会
中国科学院青年创新促进会地学分会
Organized By
武汉大学
中国科学院精密测量科学与技术创新研究院
中国地质大学（武汉）
中国科学院精密测量科学与技术创新研究院
中国地质大学（武汉）
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