The spatial distribution of health vulnerability to heat waves in Guangdong Province, China

The spatial distribution of health vulnerability to heat waves in Guangdong Province, China

Background: International literature has illustrated that the health impacts of heat waves vary according to differences in the spatial variability of high temperatures and the social and economic characteristics of populations and communities. However, to date there have been few studies that quant...

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Main Authors: Qi Zhu, Tao Liu, Hualiang Lin, Jianpeng Xiao, Yuan Luo, Weilin Zeng, Siqing Zeng, Yao Wei, Cordia Chu, Scott Baum, Yaodong Du, Wenjun Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-10-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
vulnerability assessment
heat waves
climate change
analytic hierarchy process
principal component analysis
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/25051/pdf_1

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