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Wisconsin’s Heat Vulnerability Index

Abstract

One of the few publications that maps statewide heat vulnerability. Utilizing the methodology developed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), the Wisconsin Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) staff conducted a geo-spatial analysis of heat-related vulnerability in Wisconsin.

Resource Type
Report
Author
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
Resource URL
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publication/p00882.pdf
Date
Oct 2014
Institution
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
Health and Human Impact
Heat illness/extreme temperature
Region
Midwest
Other
Vulnerability assessment

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