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Targeted, Integrated, and Prepared Policy Packages to Address the Urban Heat in Korea: Policy Brief

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Hyunji
dc.contributor.authorPark, Hogeun
dc.contributor.authorHasoloan, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Terri B.
dc.contributor.authorSiri, Jose
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T15:08:16Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T15:08:16Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-24
dc.description.abstractGlobal warming has dramatically increased the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heat events, or heatwaves. Exposure to extreme heat presents a wide range of challenges for public health, labor productivity, and economic growth, among other areas, which are often amplified in cities. Globally, recent deadly heatwaves attest to the urgency of the urban heat problem, which is growing with the ongoing expansion of urban populations and the progression of climate change. This policy brief examines the responses of the Republic of Korea to urban heat problems at national and city levels. Korea formally recognized heat as a natural disaster in 2018, which represented a significant milestone in institutionalizing urban heat interventions across various ministries and agencies. Guided by national frameworks, Korean cities, including Busan and Daegu, the two cities presented as cases in this brief, developed and implemented a package of complementary actions, consisting of legislation and planning, small-scale capital investments, and social programs. This comprehensive effort to address the urban heat agenda in Korea contributed to lowering local temperatures, reducing heat-related health costs by US173.22 million dollars, and reducing the heat related mortality rate by 72 percent compared to the counterfactual. The Korean experience can inform World Bank task teams and client cities and countries as they explore feasible entry points for refining and scaling up urban heat interventions in the coming years.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099102424152589786/P177977193e37c0f11b821147554715caba
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42583
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42583
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42583
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGOOD HEALTH
dc.subjectCLIMATE ACTION
dc.subjectURBAN HEAT PROBLEMS
dc.subjectHEAT-RELATED HEALTH COSTS
dc.titleTargeted, Integrated, and Prepared Policy Packages to Address the Urban Heat in Koreaen
dc.title.subtitlePolicy Briefen
dc.typeBrief
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2024-12-24
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T12:03:26.204522Z
okr.date.lastmodified2024-10-24T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099102424152589786/P177977193e37c0f11b821147554715caba
okr.guid099102424152589786
okr.identifier.docmidP177977-93e37c20-065f-41f1-b821-47554715caba
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34411342
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34411342
okr.identifier.report194298
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099102424152589786/pdf/P177977193e37c0f11b821147554715caba.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorSub-National Government
okr.themeUrban Infrastructure and Service Delivery,Mitigation,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Urban Development
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Impacts
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Climate Change and Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Environment and Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Indicators
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.unitInfra - Urban Global Department (IDUGD)
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