Spatiotemporal variations in heat-related health risk in three Midwestern US cities between 1990 and 2010

Autor:	J. Jeremy Webber, Kavya Urs Beerval Ravichandra, Austin Stanforth, Vijay Lulla, Daniel P. Johnson
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Vulnerability index business.industry Geography Planning and Development Environmental resource management Vulnerability Census Future climate Extreme heat Census block Geography Climatology Health risk business Water Science and Technology
Zdroj:	Geocarto International. 29:65-84
ISSN:	1752-0762 1010-6049
DOI:	10.1080/10106049.2013.799718
Popis:	Mortality from extreme heat is a leading cause of weather-related fatality, which is expected to increase in frequency with future climate scenarios. This study examines the spatiotemporal variations in heat-related health risk in three Midwestern cities in the USA between the years 1990 to 2010; cities include Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, IN and Dayton, OH. In order to examine these variations, we utilize the recently developed extreme heat vulnerability index (EHVI) that uses a principal components solution to vulnerability. The EHVI incorporates data from the US Decadal Census and remotely sensed variables to determine heat-related vulnerability at an intra-urban level (census block group). The results demonstrate significant spatiotemporal variations in heat health risk within the cities involved.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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