The relationship between population heat vulnerability and urbanization levels: A county-level modeling study across China
The purpose of this work was to assess population vulnerability to heat-related health risks and its relationship with urbanization levels to provide essential information for the future development and policy-making for climate change adaptation. We constructed a heat vulnerability index (HVI), qua...
Main Authors: | Qing Wang, Yayi Zhang, Jie Ban, Huanhuan Zhu, Huaiyue Xu, Tiantian Li |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | Environment International |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021003676 |
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