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.
Lent, R. (2022). The give and get of climate change work. Generations, 46(2), 1–5. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48697103
Theodorou, E., Spyrou, S., & Christou, G. (2023). The future is now from before: Youth climate activism and intergenerational justice. Journal of Childhood Studies, 48(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs202320466
Risher, J. F., Todd, G. D., Meyer, D., & Zunker, C. L. (2010). The elderly as a sensitive population in environmental exposures: Making the case. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 207, 95-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6406-9_2
Allex, B., Arnberger, A., Wanka, A., Eder, R., Hutter, H. P., Kundi, M., Wallner, P., Kolland, F., Blattner, B., & Grewe, H. A. (2013). The elderly under urban heat pressure – Strategies and behaviours of elderly residents against urban heat. REAL CORP, 909–915 [Working Paper]. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/199447794.pdf
Grand, J. (2023). The end of the game: Emotional responses of older adults to climate crisis and climate mobilizations in Switzerland. Frontiers in Climate, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1264495
Ingman, S., Benjamin, T., & Lusky, R. (1999). The environment: The quintessential intergenerational challenge. Generations, 22(4), 68–71. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44873314
Mehiriz, K. (2024). The effects of attitudes, norms, and perceived control on the adaptation of elderly individuals and individuals with chronic health conditions to heatwaves. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 256. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17712-w
Brown, L. M., Dosa, D. M., Thomas, K., Hyer, K., Feng, Z., & Mor, V. (2012). The effects of evacuation on nursing home residents with dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 27(6), 406-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317512454709
van Loenhout, J. A. F., le Grand, A., Duijm, F., Greven, F., Vink, N. M., Hoek, G., & Zuurbier, M. (2016). The effect of high indoor temperatures on self-perceived health of elderly persons. Environmental Research, 146, 27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.012
Barnett, A. G., Williams, G. M., Schwartz, J., Best, T. L., Neller, A. H., Petroeschevsky, A. L., & Simpson, R. W. (2006). The effects of air pollution on hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease in elderly people in Australian and New Zealand cities. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(7), 1018-1023. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8674
Calleja-Agius, J., England, K., & Calleja, N. (2021). The effect of global warming on mortality. Early Human Development, 155, 105222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105222
Miller, E., & Brockie, L. (2015). The disaster flood experience: Older people's poetic voices of resilience. Journal of Aging Studies, 34, 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.05.003
Harper, S. (2019). The convergence of population ageing with climate change. Journal of Population Ageing, 12, 401–403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09255-5
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
Begum, S. (2015). The changing Arctic: Impacts on elderly human rights. Barrents Studies: Peoples, Economics and Politics, 2(1), 98–101. https://lauda.ulapland.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/62256/Barents_Studies_vol2_issue1.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
Smyer, M. (2022). The climate crisis: What's aging got to do with it? Generations, 46(2), 1–8. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asag/gen/2022/00000046/00000002/art00004
Wanka, A., Arnberger, A., Allex, B., Eder, R., Hutter, H.-P., & Wallner, P. (2014). The challenges posed by climate change to successful ageing. Zeitschrift Für Gerontologie Und Geriatrie, 47(6), 468–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-014-0674-1
Elliott, R. (2022). The ‘Boomer remover’: Intergenerational discounting, the coronavirus and climate change. Sociological Review, 70(1), 74–91. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261211049023
Hu, K., Keenan, K., Hale, J., & Borger, T. (2020). The association between city-level air pollution and frailty among the elderly population in China. Health & Place, 64, 102362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102362
Connolly, R., Lipsitt, J., Aboelata, M., Yan+K251ez, E., Bains, J., & Jerrett, M. (2023). The association of green space, tree canopy and parks with life expectancy in neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Environment International, 173, 107785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.107785
O'Meara, P. (2019). The ageing farming workforce and the health and sustainability of agricultural communities: A narrative review. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 27(4), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12543
Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Callaghan, M., Chang, N., … & Gong, P. (2022). The 2022 China report of the Lancet countdown on health and climate change: Leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing. The Lancet Public Health, 7(12). https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00224-9
Milfont, T. L., Zubielevitch, E., Milojev, P., & Sibley, C. G. (2021). Ten-year panel data confirm generation gap but climate beliefs increase at similar rates across ages. Nature Communications, 12(1), 4038. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24245-y
Heo, S., Chen, C., Kim, H., Sabath, B., Dominici, F., Warren, J. L., Di, Q., Schwartz, J., & Bell, M. L. (2021). Temporal changes in associations between high temperature and hospitalizations by greenspace: analysis in the Medicare population in 40 US northeast counties. Environment International, 156, 106737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106737
Greaney, J. L., Kenney, W. L., & Alexander, L. M. (2016). Sympathetic regulation during thermal stress in human aging and disease. Autonomic Neuroscience, 196, 81–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2015.11.002