Article: Health impact assessment of the cooling benefits of urban green infrastructure from the resilience perspective Journal: International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP) 2026 Vol.76 No.7 pp.29 - 55 Abstract: In order to address the difficulty of quantifying the cooling benefits of urban green infrastructure as health benefits and the lack of comprehensive resilience evaluation, this paper develops a systematic evaluation framework that integrates environmental and health data. Firstly, this paper retrieves urban surface temperature from land satellite remote sensing images; secondly, uses the ENVI met model calibrated with local parameters to simulate the cooling intensity and spatial range of different types of green spaces on typical heat wave days; then, combines population distribution with exposure response relationships established based on local epidemiological data, adds the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI); and finally conducts Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). The research results indicate that the Gini coefficient of high-risk and highly vulnerable populations decreases from 0.68 to 0.52, and the coverage rate of high-risk communities increases to 78.3%. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Health impact assessment of the cooling benefits of urban green infrastructure from the resilience perspective

Authors: Zhirui Huang; Liping Ouyang; Xuan Wang; Qianming Yang

Addresses: School of Art and Design, Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 510000, Guangdong, China ' School of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Guangzhou Maritime University, Guangzhou, 510000, Guangdong, China ' School of Art and Design, Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 510000, Guangdong, China ' School of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Guangzhou Maritime University, Guangzhou, 510000, Guangdong, China

Abstract: In order to address the difficulty of quantifying the cooling benefits of urban green infrastructure as health benefits and the lack of comprehensive resilience evaluation, this paper develops a systematic evaluation framework that integrates environmental and health data. Firstly, this paper retrieves urban surface temperature from land satellite remote sensing images; secondly, uses the ENVI met model calibrated with local parameters to simulate the cooling intensity and spatial range of different types of green spaces on typical heat wave days; then, combines population distribution with exposure response relationships established based on local epidemiological data, adds the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI); and finally conducts Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). The research results indicate that the Gini coefficient of high-risk and highly vulnerable populations decreases from 0.68 to 0.52, and the coverage rate of high-risk communities increases to 78.3%.

Keywords: urban green infrastructure; cooling benefits; health impact assessment; social vulnerability; climate resilience.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2026.154046

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2026 Vol.76 No.7, pp.29 - 55

Received: 27 Aug 2025
Accepted: 09 Feb 2026
Published online: 10 Jun 2026 *

Title: Health impact assessment of the cooling benefits of urban green infrastructure from the resilience perspective

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