Mgr. Aleš Urban, Ph.D.

Projects:

• COST CA19139 , Process-based models for climate impact attribution across sectors (PROCLIAS), 2020-2024, investigator (IAP): Urban Aleš
• GA ČR GA20-28560S , Driving mechanisms of extremes in reanalysis and climate models, 2020-2022, investigator (IAP): Kyselý Jan, team: Beranová, R., Lhotka, O., Martínková, M., Urban, A., Bešťáková, Z.
• GA ČR GJ19-24425Y , High-impact winter weather in climate models, 2019-2021, investigator (IAP): Pejchová Plavcová Eva, team: Stryhal, J., Urban, A., Lhotka, O.
• GA ČR GA18-22125S , Modelling weather-to-human health links, 2018-2021, investigator (IAP): Kyselý Jan, team: Urban, A., Plavcová, E., Hanzlíková, H., spoluřešitel: Kynčl, J. (SZÚ)

Publications:

• Domingo, N. G. G., Fiore, A. M., Lamarque, J.-F., Kinney, P. L., Jiang, L., Gasparrini, A., Breitner, S., Lavigne, E., Madureira, J., Masselot, P., da Silva, S.N.P., Ng, C.F.S., Kyselý, J., Guo, Y., Tong, S., Kan, H., Urban, A. et al., 2024: Ozone-related acute excess mortality projected to increase in the absence of climate and air quality controls consistent with the Paris Agreement, One Earth, 7, 2, 325-335
• Madaniyazi, L., Armstrong, B., Tobias, A., Mistry, M.N., Bell, M.L., Urban, A., Kyselý, J. et al., 2024: Seasonality of mortality under climate change: a multicountry projection study, Lancet Planetary Health, 8, 2, e86-e94
• Gao, Y., Huang, W., Zhao, Q., (...), Urban, A., Kyselý, J. et al., 2024: Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with cold spells during 2000–19: a three-stage modelling study, Lancet Planetary Health, 8, 2, e108-e116
• Chen, K., de Schrijver, E., Sivaraj, S., Sera, F., Scovronick, N., Jiang, L., Roye, D., Lavigne, E., Kyselý, J., Urban, A. et al., 2024: Impact of population aging on future temperature-related mortality at different global warming levels, Nature Communications, 15, 1796
• Dogan, T., Urban, A., Hanel, M., 2024: Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Heat Island Dynamics in Prague, Czechia, Remote Sensing, 16, 7, 1113
• Wen, B., Wu, Y., Guo, Y., Gasparrini, A., Tong, S., Overcenco, A., Urban, A., (...), Kyselý, J. et al., 2024: Comparison for the effects of different components of temperature variability on mortality: A multi-country time-series study, Environment International, 187, 108712
• Zhao, Q., Li, S., Ye, T., Wu, Y., Gasparrini, A., Tong, S., Urban, A., Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M., Tobias, A., Armstrong, B., Roye, D., Lavigne, E., de´Donato, F., Sera, F., Kan, H., Schwartz, J., Pascal, M., Ryti, N., Goodman, P., Saldiva, P. H. N., Bell, M.L., Guo, Y., 2024: Global, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study, PLoS MEDICINE, 21, 5, e1004364
• Wu, Y., Wen, B., Gasparrini, A., Armstrong, B., Sera, F., Lavigne, E., Li, S., Guo, Y., Overcenco, A., Urban, A. (...), Kyselý, J. et al., 2024: Temperature frequency and mortality: Assessing adaptation to local temperature, Environment International, 187, 108691
• Chen, G., Guo, Y., Yue, X., Xu, R., Yu, W., Ye, T., Tong, S., Gasparrini, A., Bell, M.L., Armstrong, B., Schwartz, J., Jaakkola, J.J.K., Lavigne, E., Saldiva, P. H. N., Kan, H., Royé, D., Urban, A. et al., 2024: All-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality and wildfire-related ozone: a multicountry two-stage time series analysis, Lancet Planetary Health, 8, 7, e452-e462
• Ashish, K., Urban, A., Basnet, O., Albert, K., Vaezghasemi, M., Rodriguez, O. F., 2024: Effect of non-optimal ambient temperature on preterm birth stratified by social positioning in Nepal: a space–time-stratified case-crossover study, Environmental Research, 258, 119501
• Guo, Q., Mistry, M.N., Zhou, X., (...), Urban, A., Katsouyanni, K., Masselot, P., Tong, S., Sera, F., Huber, V., Bell, M., Kyselý, J., Gasparrini, A., Hashizume, M., Oki, T., 2024: Regional variation in the role of humidity on city-level heat-related mortality, PNAS Nexus, 3, 8, pgae290

• Scovronick, N., Sera, F., Vu, B., (...), Kyselý, J., Urban, A. et al., 2024: Temperature-mortality associations by age and cause: a multi-country multi-city study, Environmental Epidemiology, 8, 5, e336
• Schwarz, M., Peters, A., Stafoggia, M., (...), Urban, A., Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M., Masselot, P., Lavigne, E., Achilleos, S., Kyselý, J. et al., 2024: Temporal variations in the short-term effects of ambient air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality: a pooled analysis of 380 urban areas over a 22-year period, Lancet Planetary Health, 8, 9, e657-e665
• Lee, W., Kang, C., Park, Ch., (...), Urban, A., Kyselý, J., et al., 2024: Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk: multicountry, two stage, time series study, British Medical Journal, 387, e077262
• Yang, D., Hashizume, M., Tobías, A., (...), Kyselý, J., Urban, A. et al., 2024: Temporal change in minimum mortality temperature under changing climate. A multicountry multicommunity observational study spanning 1986–2015, Environmental Epidemiology, 8, 5, e334
• Nottmeyer, L., Armstrong, B., Lowe, R., Abbott, S., (...), Urban, Aleš et al., 2023: The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation – A global multi-city analysis, Science of the Total Environment, 854, 158636
• Rai, M., Stafoggia, M., de Donato, F., (...), Kyselý, J., Urban, A., et al., 2023: Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries, Environment International, 174, 107825
• Geletič, J., Lehnert, M., Resler, J., Krč, P., Bureš, M., Urban, A., Krayenhoff, E. S., 2023: Heat exposure variations and mitigation in a densely populated neighborhood during a hot day: Towards a people-oriented approach to urban climate management, Building and Environment, 242, 110564
• Masselot, P., Mistry, M., Vanoli, J., (...), Urban, A., (...), Kyselý, J., et al., 2023: Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe, Lancet Planetary Health, 7, 4, e271-e281
• Vésier, Ch., Urban, A., 2023: Gender inequalities in heat-related mortality in the Czech Republic, International Journal of Biometeorology, 67, 1373-1385
• Lüthi, S., Fairless, Ch., Fischer, E. M., (...), Kyselý, J., Urban, A. et al., 2023: Rapid increase in the risk of heat-related mortality, Nature Communications, 14, 4894
• Eunice Lo, Y.T., Mitchell, D.M., Buzan, J.R., Zscheischler, J., Schneider, R., Mistry, M.N., Kyselý, J., Lavigne, E., da Silva, S.P., Royé, D., Urban, A., Armstrong, B., Gasparrini, A., Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M., 2023: Optimal heat stress metric for modelling heat-related mortality varies from country to country, International Journal of Climatology, 43, 12, 5553-5568
• Stafoggia, M., Michelozzi, P., Schneider, A., (...), Kyselý, J., Urban, A. et al., 2023: Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries, Environment International, 181, 108258
• Mistry, M.N., Schneider, R., Masselot, P., Royé, D., Armstrong, B., Kyselý, J., Urban, A., et al., 2022: Comparison of weather station and climate reanalysis data for modelling temperature-related mortality, Scientific Reports, 12, 5178
• Urban, Aleš, Fonseca-Rodríguez, O., Di Napoli, C., Plavcová, Eva, 2022: Temporal changes of heat-attributable mortality in Prague, Czech Republic, over 1982–2019, Urban Climate, 44, 101197
• Wu, Y., Li, S., Zhao, Q., (...), Urban, A., Kyselý, J. et al. , 2022: Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with short-term temperature variability from 2000–19: a three-stage modelling study, Lancet Planetary Health, 6, 5, e410-e421
• Choi, H. M., Lee, W., Roye, D., Heo, S., Urban, Aleš, (...), Kyselý, Jan et al., 2022: Effect modification of greenness on the association between heat and mortality: A multi-city multi-country study, EBioMedicine, 84, 104251
• Wu, Y., Wen, B., Shanshan, L., Gasparrini, A., (...), Urban, A., Kyselý, J., at al, 2022: Fluctuating temperature modifies heat-mortality association in the globe, The Innovation, 3, 2, 100225
• Meng, X., Liu, C., Chen, R., Sera, F., (...), Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš et al., 2021: Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: multilocation analysis in 398 cities, British Medical Journal, 372, n534
• Urban, Aleš, Di Napoli, C., Cloke, H. L., Kyselý, Jan et al., 2021: Evaluation of the ERA5 reanalysis-based Universal Thermal Climate Index on mortality data in Europe, Environmental Research, 198, 111227
• Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M. - Scovronick, N. - Sera, F. - Roye, D., (...), Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš et al., 2021: The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change, Nature Climate Change, 11, 6, 492-500
• Zhao, Q., Guo, Y., Ye, T., (...), Urban, Aleš, Kyselý, Jan et al., 2021: Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study, Lancet Planetary Health, 5, 7, E415-E425
• Chlapcová, L., Urban, A., Kyselý, J., 2021: Vliv městského prostředí na tepelnou zátěž v centru Prahy, Meteorologické zprávy, 74, 4, 113-120
• Tobías, A., Hashizume, M., Honda, Y., (...), Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš, 2021: Geographical Variations of the Minimum Mortality Temperature at a Global Scale: A Multicountry Study, Environmental epidemiology, 5, 5, e169
• Chen, G., Guo, Y., Yue, X., (...), Urban, Aleš, Kyselý, Jan et al., 2021: Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations, Lancet Planetary Health, 5, 9, E579-E587
• Urban, Aleš, Kyselý, Jan, Plavcová, Eva, Hanzlíková, Hana, Štěpánek, Petr, 2020: Temporal changes in years of life lost associated with heat waves in the Czech Republic, Science of The Total Environment, 716, 137093
• Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M., Sera, (...), Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš et al., 2020: Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries, British medical journal, 368
• Plavcová, Eva, Urban, Aleš, 2020: Intensified impacts on mortality due to compound winter extremes in the Czech Republic, Science of the Total Environment, 746
• Lee, J. Y., Kim, H., Gasparrini, (...), Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš, (...), 2019: Predicted temperature-increase-induced global health burden and its regional variability, Environment International, 131, 105027
• Liu, C., Chen, R., (...). Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš, (...), 2019: Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities, New England Journal of Medicine, 381, 8, 705-715
• Armstrong, B., Sera, F. (...) Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš, 2019: The Role of Humidity in Associations of High Temperature with Mortality: A Multiauthor, Multicity Study, Environmental health perspectives, 127, 9, 097007
• Urban, Aleš, Hondula, D. M., Hanzlíková, Hana, Kyselý, Jan, 2019: The predictability of heat-related mortality in Prague, Czech Republic, during summer 2015 - a comparison of selected thermal indices, International Journal of Biometeorology, 63, 4, 535-548
• Urban, Aleš ; Kyselý, Jan, 2018: Application of spatial synoptic classification in evaluating links between heat stress and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in Prague, Czech Republic, International Journal of Biometeorology, 62, 1, 85-96
• Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M., Guo, Y., Sera, F., Huber, V., Schleussner, C.-F., Mitchell, D., Tong, S., Coelho, M. S. Z. S., Saldiva, P. H. N., Lavigne, E., Correa, P.M., Ortega, N. V., Kan, H., Osorio, S., Kyselý, Jan, Urban, Aleš, Jaakkola, J.J.K., Ryti, N.R.I., Pascal, M., Goodman, P.G., Zeka, A., Michelozzi, P., Scortichini, M., Hashizume, M., Honda, Y., Hurtado-Diaz, M., Cruz, J.C., Seposo, X., Kim, H., Tobias, A., Iniguez, C., Forsberg, B., Åström, D.O., Ragettli, M.S., Rőősli, M., Guo, Y.L., Wu, Ch., Zanobetti, A., Schwartz, J., Bell, M.L., Dang, T.N., Van, D.D., Heaviside, C., Vardoulakis, S., Hajat, S., Haines, A., Armstrong, B., Ebi, K.L., Gasparrini, A., 2018: Temperature-related mortality impacts under and beyond Paris Agreement climate change scenarios, Climatic Change, 15, 3-4, 391-402
• Putnam, H., Hondula, D. M., Urban, Aleš, Berisha, V., Iniguez, P., Roach, M., 2018: It\'s not the heat, it\'s the vulnerability: attribution of the 2016 spike in heat-associated deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona, Environmental Research Letters, 13, 9, 094022
• Hondula, D. M.; Balling Jr., R. C.; Andrade, R.; Krayenhoff, E. S.; Middel, A.; Urban, Aleš; Georgescu, M.; Sailor, D. J. , 2017: Biometeorology for cities, International Journal of Biometeorology, 61, Suppl 1, S59-S69
• Gasparrini, A.; Guo, Y.; Sera, F.; Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M.; Huber, V.; Tong, S.; Coelho; Saldiva; Lavigne, E.; Correa, P.M.; Ortega, Nicolas Valdes; Kan, H.; Osorio, S.; Kyselý, Jan; Urban, Aleš; Jaakkola, J.J.K.; Ryti, N.R.I.; Pascal, M.; Goodman, P.G.; Zeka, A.; Michelozzi, P.; Scortichini, M.; Hashizume, M.; Honda, Y.; Hurtado-Diaz, M.; Cruz, J.C.; Seposo, X.; Kim, H.; Tobias, A.; Iñiguez, C.; Forsberg, B.; Åström, D.O.; Ragettli, M.S.; Guo, Y.L.; Wu, Ch.; Zanobetti, A.; Schwartz, J.; Bell, M.L.; Dang, T.N.; Van, D.D.; Heaviside, C.; Vardoulakis, S.; Hajat, S.; Haines, A.; Armstrong, B., 2017: Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios, Lancet Planetary Health, 1, 9, e360-e367
• Urban, Aleš; Hanzlíková, Hana; Kyselý, Jan; Plavcová, Eva, 2017: Impacts of the 2015 Heat Waves on Mortality in the Czech Republic—A Comparison with Previous Heat Waves, Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, 12, 1562
• Urban, Aleš ; Burkart, K. ; Kyselý, Jan ; Schuster, Ch. ; Plavcová, Eva ; Hanzlíková, Hana ; Štěpánek, P. ; Lakes, T., 2016: Spatial patterns of heat-related cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13, 3
• Urban, Aleš ; Kyselý, Jan, 2014: Comparison of UTCI with other thermal indices in the assessment of heat and cold effects on cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic, , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, 1, 952-967
• Urban, Aleš, Davídkovová, Hana, Kyselý, Jan, 2014: Heat- and cold-stress effects on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity among urban and rural populations in the Czech Republic, International Journal of Biometeorology, 58, 1057-1068