Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5741311 Ecological Indicators 2017 12 Pages PDF
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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