Statistically Validated Urban Heat Island Risk Indicators for UHI Susceptibility Assessment.

ABSTRACT: This research proposes a collection of urban heat island (UHI) risk indicators under four UHI risk components: hazard, exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. There are 46 UHI risk indicators linked to three pillars of sustainability: social equity, economic viability, and environmental protection. In this study, the UHI risk indicators were first validated by experts to determine their relevancy and subsequently applied to randomly sampled dwellers of Thailand's capital Bangkok. The UHI indicators were further validated with confirmatory factor analysis to determine the factor loadings (0-1) and reliability. Under the hazard component, the percentage of days when the daily minimum temperature is less than the 10th percentile exhibited the highest indicator-level factor loading (0.91

SUBMITTER: Thanvisitthpon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9859186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature