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Mapping Occupational Heat Exposure and Effects in South-East Asia: Ongoing Time Trends 1980^|^ndash;2011 and Future Estimates to 2050
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A feature of climate impacts on occupational health and safety are physiological limits to carrying out physical work at high heat exposure. Heat stress reduces a workers work capacity, leading to lower hourly labour productivity and economic output. We used existing weather station data and climate modeling grid cell data to describe heat conditions (calculated as Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, WBGT) in South-East Asia. During the hottest month in this region (March) afternoon WBGT levels are already high enough to cause major loss of hourly work capacity and by 2050 the situation will be extreme for many outdoor jobs.
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“Estimates from a number of Asian cities (Kjellstrom et al. 2013) show that generally the afternoon WBGT values in the sun are 2–3 °C higher than the values in the shade.”
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“Moderate labor in the sun faces smaller losses (about 15%), and labor in the shade or indoors face even lower levels.”
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“A more recent study examined likely changes in work capacity for an average worker in Southeast Asia (43) using the Wyndham (88) productivity loss data.”
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“Heavy labor in the sun is most affected and, in 2050, would face a 29% loss of annual work hours.”
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“WBGT levels in full sun during hot afternoons in tropical areas are ∼2-3 • C (36-37 • F) hotter than the in-shade values (43).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- KJELLSTROM, T., LEMKE, B., & OTTO, M.
- Affiliations
- Australian National University (AU)
- Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NZ)
- ORCID
- KJELLSTROM, Tord
- Venue
- Industrial Health
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 56-67
- ISSN
- 0019-8366 (ISSN-L)
- 1880-8026
- OpenAlex
- W2078477567
- Semantic Scholar
- 32b0b4dd371daeff633a015e9f66a3fe5efed597
- Cited by
- 126
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 5
- FWCI
- 8.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Industrial Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission (505539)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Social Sciences › Health › Occupational Health and Global Justice
- Keywords
- occupational heat exposure, heat stress, wet bulb globe temperature, work capacity, labor productivity, climate change impacts, climate change projections, outdoor work, Southeast Asia, temporal trends
- MeSH terms
- Asia, Southeastern, Efficiency, Forecasting, Humans, Seasons, Occupational Exposure, Heat Stress Disorders, Climate Change
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