The Construction and Validation of the Heat Vulnerability Index, a Review
The occurrence of extreme heat and its adverse effects will be exacerbated with the trend of global warming. An increasing number of researchers have been working on aggregating multiple heat-related indicators to create composite indices for heat vulnerability assessments and have visualized the vu...
Main Authors: | Junzhe Bao, Xudong Li, Chuanhua Yu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/7/7220 |
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