Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Heat health risk assessment in Philippine cities using remotely sensed data and social-ecological indicators

  • Ronald C. Estoque,
  • Makoto Ooba,
  • Xerxes T. Seposo,
  • Takuya Togawa,
  • Yasuaki Hijioka,
  • Kiyoshi Takahashi,
  • Shogo Nakamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15218-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Evaluating the heat risk among city dwellers is important. Here, the authors assessed the heat risk in Philippine cities using remote sensing data and social-ecological indicators and found that the cities at high or very high risk are found in Metro Manila, where levels of heat hazard and exposure are high.