Can Heat Islands Provide Winter Benefits?
Are Heat Islands and Global Warming Related?
Economic and Social Impacts of Heatwaves
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Heat injures and kills, as we can see from the thousands of people who die of heat-
Heat waves do have a much more dramatic effect on people living in a cool to mild climate. They experience a higher degree of stress to their bodies than acclimatized residents of subtropical and tropical regions do. For example, death rates in Great Britain and the Netherlands increase sharply when the thermometer climbs above 25°C.
Devastating heat waves in the last five years of the 20th century pose the question whether global warming has increased the frequency and severity of heat waves.
We can’t blame everything on Global Warming, though. Studies showed that the majority
of heat wave fatalities occur in inner-
