The Heat Exposure Integrated Deprivation Index (HEIDI): A data-driven approach to quantifying neighborhood risk during extreme hot weather

Mortality attributable to extreme hot weather is a growing concern in many urban environments, and spatial heat vulnerability indexes are often used to identify areas at relatively higher and lower risk. Three indexes were developed for greater Vancouver, Canada using a pool of 20 potentially predic...

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Main Authors: Nikolas Krstic, Weiran Yuchi, Hung Chak Ho, Blake B. Walker, Anders J. Knudby, Sarah B. Henderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412017312394