Journal
Discover Hazards
Discover Hazards is an open access journal, focusing on all fields relevant to hazard research.
As temperatures increase, heat stress in urban and rural regions is becoming a global health problem. The nexus between heat and human physiology and trends in morbidity and mortality has necessitated transdisciplinary hazards research. This Collection encourages papers covering a wide range of temporal and spatial scales in assessing triggers such as heat waves, surface radiation, humidity, pre-existing conditions, vulnerabilities, etc., and the implications for personal and public health. Modelling and observational case studies will be considered. We also encourage papers that focus on reducing the heat health hazard through effective warnings, medical interventions, and education, as well as mitigation strategies that serve to lessen heat exposure.
Keywords: extreme heat; temperature; Healthcare Operations, Rural Healthcare, Empirical Research; Public Health; urban heat island; heatwave; heat risk; heat mitigation.
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3, SDG 10, SDG 11, and SDG 13.
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Scott Curtis
Professor, PhD, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA.He is the Dr. John Lining Professor of Physics at The Citadel (USA) and directs the James B. Near Center for Climate Studies. He has been in this position since 2020. Prior to this appointment, he was the Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at East Carolina University (USA). His research interests have included tropical climatology, flooding and drought, but most recently he has focused his attention on extreme heat, being part of the Charleston Heat Health Research Program and collaborating on case studies related to heat geographies and health in Charleston, SC.
