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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.
Ngo, E. B. (2001). When disasters and age collide: Reviewing vulnerability of the elderly. Natural Hazards Review, 2(1), 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:2(80)
Cornell, V. (2015). What do older people’s life experiences tell us about emergency preparedness? The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 30, 27. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271200800_What_do_older_people's_life_experiences_tell_us_about_emergency_preparedness
Mondor, L., Charland, K., Verma, A., & Buckeridge, D. L. (2015). Weather warnings predict fall-related injuries among older adults. Age and Ageing, 44(3), 403-408. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu199
Rogers, M., Winterton, R., Warburton, J., & O'Keefe, S. (2013). Water management and healthy ageing in rural Australia: Economic, social, and cultural considerations. Environment and Behavior, 47(5), 551–569. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916513502355
Malak, M. A., Sajib, A. M., Quader, M. A., & Anjum, H. (2020). "We are feeling older than our age": Vulnerability and adaptive strategies of aging people to cyclones in coastal Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 48, 101595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101595
Heid, A. R., Christman, Z., Pruchno, R., Cartwright, F. P., & Wilson-Genderson, M. (2016). Vulnerable, but why? Post-traumatic stress symptoms in older adults exposed to Hurricane Sandy. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 10(3), 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.15
Gronlund, C. J., Zanobetti, A., Wellenius, G. A., Schwartz, J. D., & O'Neill, M. S. (2016). Vulnerability to renal, heat and respiratory hospitalizations during extreme heat among US elderly. Climatic Change, 136, 631–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1638-9
Solly, K., Smyer, M. A., Nichols, K., Steffens, N. K., Kastelle, T. H., & Pachana, N. A. (2022). Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41(2), e206–e209. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13069
Heid, A. R., Christman, Z., Pruchno, R., Cartwright, F. P., & Wilson-Genderson, M. (2016). Vulnerable, but why? Post-traumatic stress symptoms in older adults exposed to Hurricane Sandy. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 10(3), 362–370. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.15
Matlakala, F. K., Rantho, K. M., & Mapaling, C. (2024). Vulnerability of elderly people during climate-induced disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 6, 1430667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1430667
Dikken, J., Kazak, J. K., Soebarto, V., & van Hoof, J. (2023). Views of older people on environmental sustainability: The development of the SustainABLE-16 Questionnaire. Building and Environment, 242, 110514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110514
Valois, P., Talbot, D., Bouchard, D., Renaud, J. S., Caron, M., Canuel, M., & Arrambourg, N. (2020). Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying heat adaptation behaviors in elderly populations. Population and Environment, 41, 480–506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00347-5
Mohamed, A. A., ElKholy, S. E., Eweida, R. S., & AbdElsalam, R. M. (2024). Using the information-motivation-behavioral skills model for targeting older adults’ climate change management practices: In the road of COP27. Geriatric Nursing, 55, 52–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.11.002
Cleland, S. E., Steinhardt, W., Neas, L. M., West, J. J., & Rappold, A. G. (2023). Urban heat island impacts on heat-related cardiovascular morbidity: A time series analysis of older adults in US metropolitan areas. Environment International, 178, 108005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108005
Sykes, K., & Pillemer, K. (2009). The intersection of aging and the environment: Introduction. Generations, 33(4), 6–9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26555687
Wang, Z., Xu, N., Wei, W., & Zhao, N. (2020). Social inequality among elderly individuals caused by climate change: Evidence from the migratory elderly of mainland China. Journal of Environmental Management, 272, 111079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111079
Ilango, S. D., McElroy, S. & Schwarz, L. (2020). Recommendations for epidemiologic studies of aging populations in a changing climate. International Journal of Public Health, 65, 1431–1432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01453-9
Morabito, M., Crisci, A., Gioli, B., Gualtieri, G., Toscano, P., Di Stefano, V., Orlandini, S., & Gensini, G. F. (2015). Urban-hazard risk analysis: Mapping of heat-related risks in the eldelry in major Italian cities. PLoS ONE, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127277
Coyle, M. (2014). Understanding resistance to climate change resistance. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 80(1), 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415015591111
Brockie, L., & Miller, E. (2017). Understanding older adults' resilience during the Brisbane floods: Social capital, life experience, and optimism. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 11(1), 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.161
Brown, S., & Walker, G. (2013). Understanding heat wave vulnerability in nursing and residential homes. In Comfort in a Lower Carbon Society (pp. 59–68). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315875804
Harrington, L. J., & Otto, F. E. (2023). Underestimated climate risks from population ageing. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6(1), 70. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00398-z
Burkett, E., Martin-Khan, M. G., Scott, J., Samanta, M., & Gray, L. C. (2016). Trends and predicted trends in presentations of older people to Australian emergency departments: Effects of demand growth, population aging and climate change. Australian Health Review, 41(3), 246–253. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH15165
Osayomi, T., & Ugwu, R.C. (2021). "This heat is killing": Perception of heat stress among elderly women in Ibadan, Nigeria. In Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition)(pp. 2385–2389). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_373
Wang, C., & Yarnal, B. (2012). The vulnerability of the elderly to hurrican hazards in Sarasota, Florida. Natural Hazards, 63, 349–373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0151-3