1. Spatiotemporal variations in heat-related health risk in three Midwestern US cities between 1990 and 2010.
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Johnson, Daniel P., Webber, J. Jeremy, Urs Beerval Ravichandra, Kavya, Lulla, Vijay, and Stanforth, Austin C.
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SPATIOTEMPORAL processes ,HEALTH risk assessment ,PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability ,HIGH temperatures ,EFFECT of climate on human beings - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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