Date: 2022
Type: Thesis
Climate change, air pollution and inequalities in exposure and vulnerability
Florence : European University Institute, 2022, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis
CONTE KEIVABU, Risto, Climate change, air pollution and inequalities in exposure and vulnerability, Florence : European University Institute, 2022, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74978
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Climate change poses new risks for global public health, but some subpopulations are in higher danger. Extreme temperatures and air pollution are tightly related to climate change and main sources of environmental hazard due to their detrimental effect on several important life outcomes. Moreover, current social inequalities often map existing or emerging environmental inequalities. In my PhD thesis, I contribute to the burgeoning literature interested on the population consequences of climate change and socioeconomic inequalities with four chapters. In the first and second chapter, I study how socioeconomic status moderates the effect of extreme temperatures on birth outcomes and mortality in Spain. In the third chapter, I focus on disparities in the exposure to air pollution at schools in Italy. In the fourth chapter, I inquire how a policy improving air quality in London benefitted children school attendance. Overall, the thesis shows socioeconomic status to importantly affect vulnerability to environmental risks with concerning implications on how climate change could affect existing social inequalities in the future.
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Defence date: 26 October 2022; Examining Board: Professor Fabrizio Bernardi (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Supervisor); Professor Härkönen (European University Institute); Professor Raya Muttarak (University of Bologna, External Institution); Professor Emilio Zagheni (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, External Institution)
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74978
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/34325
Series/Number: EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
LC Subject Heading: Climatic changes -- Government policy; Air -- Pollution -- Government policy
Preceding version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74951; http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74961; http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74980
Version: Chapter 2 ‘Extreme heat, birth outcomes, and socioeconomic heterogeneity' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'Extreme heat, birth outcomes, and socioeconomic heterogeneity' (2022) in the journal ‘Demography’; Chapter 3 ‘Extreme temperature and mortality by educational attainment in Spain, 2012-
2018' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'Extreme temperature and mortality by educational attainment in Spain, 2012–2018' (2022) in the journal ‘European journal of population’; Chapter 5 ‘London congestion charge: the impact on air pollution and school attendance by
socioeconomic status' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'London congestion charge : the impact on air pollution and school attendance by socioeconomic status' (2022) in the journal ‘Population and environment’
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