Spatiotemporal analysis of regional socio-economic vulnerability change associated with heat risks in Canada
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Excess mortality can be caused by extreme hot weather events, which are increasing in severity and frequency in Canada due to climate change. Individual and social vulnerability factors influence the mortality risk associated with a given heat exposure. We constructed heat vulnerability indices using census data from 2006 and 2011 in Canada, developed a novel design to compare spatiotemporal changes of heat vulnerability, and identified locations that may be increasingly vulnerable to heat. The results suggest that 1) urban areas in Canada are particularly vulnerable to heat, 2) suburban areas and satellite cities around major metropolitan areas show the greatest increases in vulnerability, and 3) heat vulnerability changes are driven primarily by changes in the density of older ages and infants. Our approach is applicable to heat vulnerability analyses in other countries.
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Combining socioeconomic and demographic factors with spatial modelling can forecast at-risk locations for increased heatwave-related mortality and morbidity.
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- Authors
- Ho, H. C., Knudby, A., Chi, G., Aminipouri, M., & Lai, D. Y.-F.
- Affiliations
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Ho, Hung Chak
- Venue
- Applied Geography
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 95
- Pages
- 61-70
- ISSN
- 0143-6228 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6482004
- OpenAlex
- W2801855115
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (am, 334 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Applied Geography (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Simon Fraser University and Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
- National Science Foundation (1541136)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (#P2C HD041025)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Keywords
- heat vulnerability, heat-related mortality, heat waves, socioeconomic vulnerability, heat vulnerability index, spatiotemporal variation, urban heat, suburbs, satellite cities, population aging, infants, census data, climate change, Canada
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