Internet-Based Heat Evaluation and Assessment Tool (I-HEAT): Development of a Novel Visualization and Decision-support Tool for Extreme Heat Preparedness in Detroit, Michigan
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Global mean temperatures are projected to rise 2–4°F by the mid twenty- first cen -tury (Kirtman et al. 2013) and are expected to be accompanied by more severe and longer periods of extreme heat in particular geographic locations, including regions in the United States. (Meehl and Tebaldi 2004). Extensive research on the adverse health effects of extreme heat exposure (Anderson and Bell 2011, Michelozzi et al. 2009, Anderson et al. 2013) contribute to focused efforts to reduce exposure via mitigation and adaptation (MCHP 2012, Hess, Schramm, and Luber 2014, Luber et al. 2014, Stone et al. 2013, Seroka, Kaiser, and Heany 2011). Efforts such as modifying built environments to reduce ambient temperatures (Stone et al. 2013) and increasing outreach to at-risk populations (Tompkins and Adger 2004) can help ensure healthy, sustainable urban systems. We sought to develop a user- friendly prototype tool that displays where heat-related vulnerability and land surface tem -
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2095136018