New evidence on the economics of climate and conflict

M Burke, J Ferguson, S Hsiang, E Miguel - Handbook of the Economics of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This chapter surveys the quantitative research literature linking climate and conflict, a body
of research that spans multiple academic disciplines and has roughly doubled in size in the …

Temperature, crime, and violence: A systematic review and meta-analysis

HM Choi, S Heo, D Foo, Y Song… - Environmental …, 2024 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Heat is known to affect many health outcomes, but more evidence is needed
on the impact of rising temperatures on crime and/or violence. Objectives: We conducted a …

Crime, weather and climate change in Australia

S Awaworyi Churchill, R Smyth, TA Trinh - Economic Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We estimate the effect of temperature on monthly crime using a panel dataset that matches
weather with crime rates for over 3,000 postcodes in Australia over the period 2001–2019 …

The association between weather and crime in a township setting in South Africa

A Potgieter, IN Fabris-Rotelli, G Breetzke… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The association between various meteorological parameters and crime is well-established
in developed contexts. In contrast in this study, we investigated the association between …

Extreme climate and crime: Empirical evidence based on 129 prefecture-level cities in China

J Peng, Z Zhan - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is having profound effects on natural and socio-economic systems,
especially via extreme climate events. Using panel data from 129 prefectural-level cities in …

Climate change and regional inequality: The effect of high teperatures on fiscal stress

X Yang, W Tang - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
We examine the effect of climate change on regional inequality using detailed data on
meteorological factors and local fiscal stress. We find that climate change-induced high …

Elite Cues and Noncompliance

ZP DICKSON, SB HOBOLT - American Political Science Review, 2024 - cambridge.org
Political leaders increasingly use social media to speak directly to voters, but the extent to
which elite cues shape offline political behavior remains unclear. In this article, we study the …

[PDF][PDF] How urban heat islands effect crime: understanding the implications of temperature, population density, and green canopy cover in shaping built environments

EE Jonescu, CE Ramanayaka, O Olatunji, EE Jonescu… - Qeios, 2023 - researchgate.net
Emergent evidence shows micro and macro-climates influence criminal behaviour; a
complex phenomenon that is still incipient in theory development. A mixed method research …

[HTML][HTML] The Feeling of Safety by Pedestrians at Night: An Overlooked Aspect of Climate Change?

R Saad, BA Portnov, D Kliger - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
As the climate becomes more extreme and heat waves become more prevalent, the effects
of climate change spill over into previously unnoticed areas. One such prominent result of …

Testing Routine Activity Theory: Behavioural Pathways Linking Temperature to Crime

C Thomas, J Jeong, KT Wolff - The British Journal of Criminology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This study examines direct observations of outdoor routine activities to investigate the
pathways through which temperatures shape crime. Daily administrative records of crime …