Mapping Heat Vulnerability Index Based on Different Urbanization Levels in Nebraska, USA

Abstract

Numerous studies suggest that heatwaves cause the highest number of weather-related mortalities in North

Estimating the Burden of Heat‐Related Illness Morbidity Attributable to Anthropogenic Climate Change in North Carolina

“…Certain phenomenon such as the urban heat island and heat dome effect, were identified to be driving factors associated with extreme heat exposure disparities by geography (Henderson et al., 2022; Tuholske et al., 2021). These phenomena are typically driven by neighborhood characteristics such as land use and land cover (Fard et al., 2021). Further studies discussing human health risks attributable to the current and future climate change, by considering population vulnerabilities and neighborhood characteristics could address these gaps in the research.…”

Evaluating the Sensitivity of Heat Wave Definitions among North Carolina Physiographic Regions

“…Our results could be influenced by the interaction between vulnerability factors and risk perception. Additionally, our results are subjective to a variety of unmeasured biases driven by human vulnerabilities such as co-existing medical conditions, occupational vulnerabilities, demographics (age, gender, race, education, urbanicity), and socioeconomic factors (wealth, employment, housing) that were identified to exacerbate the risk of heat-related illnesses [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. Additionally, our results could be influenced by effect modifiers such as human behavioral factors that include knowledge on heat risk sensitivity, external locus of control, and emotional and cognitive factors that heavily alter the risk perception of heat warnings [ 48 , 49 , 50 ].…”

Estimating the Burden of Heat-related illness morbidity Attributable to Anthropogenic Climate Change in North Carolina

“…Certain phenomenon such as the urban heat island and heat dome effect, were identified to be driving factors associated with extreme heat exposure disparities by geography (Henderson et al, 2022;Tuholske et al, 2021). These phenomena are typically driven by neighborhood characteristics such as land use and land cover (Fard et al, 2021). Further studies discussing human health risks attributable to the current and future climate change, by considering population vulnerabilities and neighborhood characteristics could address these gaps in the research.…”