It is known that high summer temperature may lead to worsening health conditions among fragile individuals within exposed populations. It is also argued that multiday patterns of high temperature-heat waves-may have relevant effects on health. We discuss the possible measures of intensities of...

Interest in the quantitative effects of neighbourhood characteristics on urban health has recently increased in social epidemiology. Such effects are mostly studied employing multilevel models based on some definition of the neighbourhood. We investigate the statistical relationship between...

The number of studies seeking to empirically characterize the reduced-form relationship between a country economic growth and the quantity of pollutants produced in the process has recently increased significantly. In several cases researchers have found evidence pointing to an inverted-U...

We use a general equilibrium model of the world economy, and a regional economic growth model, to assess the economic implications of vulnerability from extreme meteorological events, induced by the climate change. In particular, we first consider the impact of climate change on ENSO and NAO...