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Publications Database
The searchable bibliography page is one of our most popular features, allowing you to quickly access to the literature on the aging population and climate change in one convenient location. The CIRCA team keeps the database updated on a monthly basis. You may search by author, title, year, keywords. To retrieve full information, click on the "Publication" button.
Sastry, N., & Gregory, J. (2013). The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the prevalence of health impairments and disability among adults in New Orleans: Differences by age, race, and sex. Social Science & Medicine, 80, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.009
Qu, Y., Zhang, W., Ye, B., Penta, S., Dong, G., Liu, X., & Lin, S. (2021). Power outage mediates the associations between major storms and hospital admission of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1961. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12006-x
Rapaport, E., Manuel, P., Krawchenko, T., & Keefe, J. (2015). How can aging communities adapt to coastal climate change? Planning for both social and place vulnerability. Canadian Public Policy, 41(2), 166-177. https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2014-055
Rojas-Rueda, D., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Gascon, M., Perez-Leon, D., & Mudu, P. (2019). Green spaces and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(11), e469-e477. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30215-3
Richard, L., Kosatsky, T., & Renouf, a. (2010). Correlates of hot day air-conditioning use among middle-aged and older adults with chronic heart and lung diseases: The role of health beliefs and cues to action. Health Education Research, 26(1), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyq072
Reis da Silva, T. H. (2025). The impact of cold weather on older people and the vital role of community nurses. British Journal of Community Nursing, 30(1), 28-34. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2024.0003
Qiu, C., Ji, J. S., & Bell, M. L. (2021). Effect modification of greenness on temperature-mortality relationship among older adults: a case-crossover study in China. Environmental Research, 197, 111112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111112
Pope, C. a., Ezzati, M., & Dockery, D. W. (2009). Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine, 360(4), 376-386. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa0805646
Pillemer, K., & Filiberto, D. (2017). Mobilizing older people to address climate change. Public Policy & aging Report, 27(1), 18-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prw037
Pickering, C. J., Dancey, M., Paik, K., & O'Sullivan, T. (2021). Informal caregiving and disaster risk reduction: a scoping review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 12(2), 169-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00328-8
Phraknoi, N., Sutanto, J., Hu, Y., Goh, Y. S., & Lee, C. E. C. (2023). Older people's needs in urban disaster response: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, 103809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103809
Nunes, a. R. (2018). The contribution of assets to adaptation to extreme temperatures among older adults. PLOS One, 13(11), e0208121. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208121
Patrick, R., Noy, S., McKew, M., Lee, S., Kanda, M., Edwards, S. J., ali, a., & Bowen, K. (2025). Rapid review on healthy ageing interventions that incorporate action on climate change and sustainability in cities and communities. Health & Place, 93, 103435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103435
Pelikan, V., & Batista, L. G. (2025). "This year, the weather is like it used to be in our times": Experiencing climate change in the context of rural ageing in the Czech Republic. Journal of Rural Studies, 116, 103633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103633
Padeiro, M., Santana, P., & Grant, M. (2023). Global aging and health determinants in a changing world. In P. J. Oliveira & J. O. Malva (Eds.), aging: From Fundamental Biology to Societal Impact (pp. 3-30). academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823761-8.00021-5
Otto, I. M., Reckien, D., Reyer, C. P. O., Marcus, R., Le Masson, V., Jones, L., Norton, a., & Serdeczny, O. (2017). Social vulnerability to climate change: a review of concepts and evidence. Regional Environmental Change, 17(6), 1651-1662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1105-9
Nunes, B., Paixao, E., Dias, C. M., Nogueira, P., & Marinho Falcao, J. (2010). air conditioning and intrahospital mortality during the 2003 heatwave in Portugal: Evidence of a protective effect. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 68(3), 218-223. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2010.058396
Nunes, a. R. (2019). General and specified vulnerability to extreme temperatures among older adults. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 30(5), 515-532. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2019.1609655
Nucci, D., Pennisi, F., Pinto, a., De Ponti, E., Ricciardi, G. E., Signorelli, C., Veronese, N., Castagna, a., Maggi, S., Cadeddu, C., & Gianfredi, V. (2025). Impact of extreme weather events on food security among older people: a systematic review. aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-025-03050-3
Nomura, S., Gilmour, S., Tsubokura, M., Yoneoka, D., Sugimoto, a., Oikawa, T., Kami, M., & Shibuya, K. (2013). Mortality risk amongst nursing home residents evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear accident: a retrospective cohort study. PLOS One, 8(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060192
Ni, Q., Dong, H., Kaniadakis, a., Wang, Z., & Ge, C. (2025). Investigating older adults' response to climate change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(2), 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22020154
Nefs, M., alves, S., Zasada, I., & Haase, D. (2013). Shrinking cities as retirement cities? Opportunities for shrinking cities as green living environments for older individuals. Environment and Planning a: Economy and Space, 45(6), 1455-1473. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45302
Muramatsu, N., & akiyama, H. (2011). Japan: Super-aging society preparing for the future. The Gerontologist, 51(4), 425-432. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnr067
Mehta, M. M., Johnson, a. E., Ratnakaran, B., Seritan, I., & Seritan, a. L. (2024). Climate change and aging: Implications for psychiatric care. Current Psychiatry Reports, 26, 499-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-024-01525-0
McQuade, L., Merriman, B., Lyford, M., Nadler, B., Desai, S., Miller, R., & Mallette, S. (2018). Emergency department and inpatient health care services utilization by the elderly population: Hurricane Sandy in the state of New Jersey. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 12(6), 730-738. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.1