TY - JOUR AU - Tomlinson, Charlie J. AU - Chapman, Lee AU - Thornes, John E. AU - Baker, Christopher J. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/06/17 TI - Including the urban heat island in spatial heat health risk assessment strategies: a case study for Birmingham, UK JO - International Journal of Health Geographics SP - 42 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Heatwaves present a significant health risk and the hazard is likely to escalate with the increased future temperatures presently predicted by climate change models. The impact of heatwaves is often felt strongest in towns and cities where populations are concentrated and where the climate is often unintentionally modified to produce an urban heat island effect; where urban areas can be significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. The purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to integrate remotely sensed urban heat island data alongside commercial social segmentation data via a spatial risk assessment methodology in order to highlight potential heat health risk areas and build the foundations for a climate change risk assessment. This paper uses the city of Birmingham, UK as a case study area. SN - 1476-072X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-10-42 DO - 10.1186/1476-072X-10-42 ID - Tomlinson2011 ER -