Climate change and epidemics in Chinese history: A multi-scalar analysis

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• 作者：Harry F. Lee^a ; ^{harrylee@hku.hk} ; Jie Fei^b ; Christopher Y.S. Chan^a ; Qing Pei^c ; ^d ; Xin Jia^e ; Ricci P.H. Yue^a
• 关键词：China ; Climate change ; Temperature ; Epidemics ; Multi-scalar analysis ; Spatial scales
• 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：174
• 期：Complete
• 页码：53-63
• 全文大小：1234 K
• 卷排序：174

文摘

Multi-scalar analysis based on 5961 epidemic incidents in Chinese history. Epidemic outbreaks were negatively correlated with temperature. Stark reduction in the correlational strength observed at lower geographic levels. Cooling primarily drove up epidemic outbreaks in northern and central China. Shows impact of modifiable areal unit and uncertain geographic context problems.