Yanlin Niu|Zhichao Li|Yuan Gao|Xiaobo Liu|Lei Xu|Sotiris Vardoulakis|Yujuan Yue|Jun Wang|Qiyong Liu
A Systematic Review of the Development and Validation of the Heat Vulnerability Index: Major Factors, Methods, and Spatial Units
National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research|Chinese Academy of Sciences|National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|Australian National University|National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention|University College London
review aims identify key factors methods spatial units used development validation heat vulnerability index hvi discuss underlying limitations data methods evaluating performance hvithirteen studies characterizing factors hvi development relating index validation data identified five types factors ie hazard exposure demographic characteristics socioeconomic conditions built environment underlying health hvi development identified top five social cohesion race andor ethnicity landscape age economic status principal component analysisfactor analysis pcafa often used index development four types spatial units ie census tracts administrative area postal code grid used establishing relationship factors hvi moreover although studies showed higher hvi often associated increase health risk strength relationship weakthis review provides retrospect major factors methods spatial units used development validation hvi helps define framework future studies future information hazard exposure underlying health governance protection awareness considered hvi development duration location validation data strengthened verify reliability hvithe online version contains supplementary material available 101007s40641021001733