Urban Environment Change and Population Morbidity
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Retrospective analysis of general and primary morbidity of population of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 5-year period showed that general morbidity of population increased by 7.7%. The leading pathology among population is diseases of respiratory organs, blood and blood forming organs, digestive organs, circulatory system and endocrine system diseases, nutritional disorders, metabolic disorders, which account for 68% of all diseases from 19 classes of diseases studied.
Experiments on measuring air temperature in different urban conditions showed that unshaded green spaces and unventilated surfaces of infrastructure objects, warmed by direct sunlight, still radiate heat for a long time after sunset. Reflected radiation slows nighttime air cooling and significantly prolongs the time of overheating of the environment, which led to a deviation of the average monthly minimum air temperature from the norm in July 2021 by 4.5⁰
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Environmental determinants of health, Public health, Urban planning, Air polution