The role of maps in neighborhood-level heat vulnerability assessment for the city of toronto

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-44

  Rinner, Claus ^a   Patychuk, Dianne ^b   Bassil, Kate ^c   Nasr, Shiraz ^a   Gower, Stephanie ^d   Campbell, Monica ^d  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Steps to Equity   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cluster maps; Geographic information systems; Heat related illness; Multi criteria analysis; Vulnerability index

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHIC DESIGN; CLUSTER MAPS; COMPOSITE INDEX; HEAT EXPOSURE; HOT SPOT; HOT WEATHER; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TORONTO; TORONTO , CANADA; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDEX; VULNERABILITY MAPS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; HEAT SHOCK; MAP; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 77950439960     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304010790588089     Document Type: Article

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