Intra-urban societal vulnerability to extreme heat: The role of heat exposure and the built environment, socioeconomics, and neighborhood stability

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 498-507

  Uejio, Christopher K ^a   Wilhelmi, Olga V ^b   Golden, Jay S ^c   Mills, David M ^d   Gulino, Sam P ^e   Samenow, Jason P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Washington Post   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Environmental health; Geographic information systems; Heat; Racial disparities; Socioeconomic disparities

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT SHOCK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952486616     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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