Local Extreme Heat Planning: an Interactive Tool to Examine a Heat Vulnerability Index for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00443-9
Abstract: Exposure to extreme heat contributes to high morbidity and mortality relative to other climate hazards. The city of Philadelphia, PA is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of extreme heat, due to the urban heat island… read more here.
Keywords: heat; vulnerability index; extreme heat; heat vulnerability ... See more keywords
Mapping Heat Vulnerability Index Based on Different Urbanization Levels in Nebraska, USA
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DOI: 10.1029/2021gh000478
Abstract: Heatwaves cause excess mortality and physiological impacts on humans throughout the world, and climate change will intensify and increase the frequency of heat events. Many adaptation and mitigation studies use spatial distribution of highly vulnerable… read more here.
Keywords: heat; urbanization levels; vulnerability; heat vulnerability ... See more keywords
Determining extreme heat vulnerability of Harare Metropolitan City using multispectral remote sensing and socio-economic data
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DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2017.1290558
Abstract: Abstract Urbanisation alters surface landscape characteristics through conversion of natural landscapes to impervious surfaces. Such changes alter the thermal properties of urban landscape mosaics, increasing the urban heat island intensity and the population’s vulnerability to… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability harare; determining extreme; city; heat vulnerability ... See more keywords
Urban heat vulnerability: A dynamic assessment using multi-source data in coastal metropolis of Southeast China
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.989963
Abstract: Extreme heat caused by global climate change has become a serious threat to the sustainable development of urban areas. Scientific assessment of the impacts of extreme heat on urban areas and in-depth knowledge of the… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability; coastal; heat; urban heat ... See more keywords
A Comprehensive Model for Estimating Heat Vulnerability of Young Athletes
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17176156
Abstract: Current methods for estimating heat vulnerability of young athletes use a heat index (HI) or a wet bulb globe thermometer (WBGT), neither of which fully include the environmental or physiological characteristics that can affect a… read more here.
Keywords: heat vulnerability; young athletes; estimating heat; model ... See more keywords
Compound Heat Vulnerability in the Record-Breaking Hot Summer of 2022 over the Yangtze River Delta Region
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20085539
Abstract: Hourly meteorological data and multisource socioeconomic data collected in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region were used to analyze its heat vulnerability during the record-breaking hot summer of 2022 in both daytime and nighttime. Over… read more here.
Keywords: yangtze river; daytime nighttime; region; heat ... See more keywords