A spatio-temporal index for heat vulnerability assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7329-7342

  Kershaw, Suzanne E ^a   Millward, Andrew A ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat exposure; Humidex; Spatial interpolation; Toronto; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXPOSURE; HUMIDEX; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; TORONTO; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

THERMAL STRESS;

EXTREME EVENT; HEAT ISLAND; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; METEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDEX DEGREE HOUR; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL INDEX; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; MISSISSAUGA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84871843998     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2502-z     Document Type: Article

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