Heat, mortality, and level of urbanization: measuring vulnerability across Ohio, USA

Climate Research

Scott C. Sheridan¹  Timothy J. Dolney¹ 

关键词: Heat vulnerability;    Human mortality;    Synoptic climatology;    Atmospheric hazard;    Suburban;    Urban;    Rural;    Ohio (USA);   

DOI  :  10.3354/cr024255

来源: Inter-Research Science Publishing

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Few studies have examined heat vulnerability on a sub-metropolitan area level. This paper presents an analysis of heat vulnerability across Ohio (USA) on a county level. Each county is classified as Œurban¹, Œsuburban¹, or Œrural¹. Fourdifferent criteria defining what is meteorologically Œoppressive¹ are evaluated individually. Each of these criteria is associated with an increase in mortality of several percent statewide. Absolute increases in mortality are greatest across urbancounties, as expected. When these values are evaluated as a percentage increase in mortality, rural and suburban counties actually show a greater response. The differences among the 3 groups are not statistically significant. This research thus suggeststhat merely being an urban resident does not make one more vulnerable to heat.

【 授权许可】

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