ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Built Environ.
Sec. Urban Science
Volume 11 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1551083
What is the Required Minimum Number of High-Rise Buildings above which the Prevalence of Melanoma Decreases?
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- 1Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel
- 2Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- 3Faculty of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- 4The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- 5Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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Objectives: to explore the relationship between the prevalence of melanoma adjusted for age and the number of skyscrapers.The study is based on data from 50 US states and a 19-year period (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017).Method: An interesting contribution is the use of quadratic regression model, which permits nonmonotonic modification with the number of skyscrapers in the state.Results: For the 32 states with at least one skyscraper, results demonstrate an increase (a decrease) in anticipated prevalence of melanoma when number of skyscrapers is below (exceeds) 60 buildings.Conclusions: Agglomeration of high-rise buildings, some of which are residential buildings, intensifies the shade effect and reduces reflection of radiation effect. Findings may be of assistance to public policy and city planners.
Keywords: Melanoma, Skyscrapers, Inverted U-shaped curve, Prevalence, Quadratic regression model
Received: 24 Dec 2024; Accepted: 23 Apr 2025.
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* Correspondence: Yuval Arbel, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel
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