Heatwave Mortality and Urban Greening Projections for 232 Chinese Cities, 2001-2035

232 Chinese cities are covered in this high-resolution assessment of heatwave-related mortality from ischemic heart disease, stroke, and COPD between 2001 and 2035. The dataset, authored by Jiaming Xia and last updated in April 2026, projects the potential impact of increased urban green coverage on reducing ambient temperatures and preventing annual deaths under future climate scenarios.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between urban green coverage and temperature reduction based on the described 0.20°C cooling effect.
• Projecting heatwave-attributable mortality for specific diseases and age groups based on the annual death figures provided.
• Assessing the spatial distribution of health risks and greening benefits across 232 Chinese cities as indicated by the study's scale.
• Evaluating climate adaptation policies by simulating the impact of an average 18.33% increase in green coverage on future health burdens.

Strengths

• Covers a large geographic scope of 232 Chinese cities.
• Provides specific historical mortality figures (e.g., 116,659 annual COPD deaths attributable to heatwaves from 2001-2021).
• Includes future projections up to 2035 with quantified intervention impacts (e.g., preventing 19,764-26,360 annual deaths).
• Offers spatially explicit data at a high resolution for city-scale analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on mainland China.

Provenance

Source

Jiaming Xia via figshare

Collection Method

High-resolution assessment and projection modeling, likely based on epidemiological and climate data.

Time Range

2001 to 2035

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 15:52:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

232 cities in mainland China