Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5741311 | Ecological Indicators | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We illustrate the proposed approach by applying it to a simplified model of urban vulnerability to heat, focusing on the non-linear relationship between mortality and temperature above a 'comfort temperature', long evidenced in the epidemiological literature. We compare vulnerability rankings yielded by linear and non-linear characterizations of the relationship between temperature and mortality and find that the incorporation of non-linearity can have a significant impact on the rankings.
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Authors
Abbas El-Zein, Fahim N Tonmoy,