Geohealth: Heatrisk in data poor regions
M-GEO
M-SE
ACQUAL
Staff Involved
M-SE Core knowledge areas
Spatial Information Science (SIS)
Spatial Planning for Governance (SPG)
Additional Remarks
Suggested elective courses: Geohealth, Space-time analysis courses
Topic description
Climate data will be used to assess heat risks. This will be combined with population and other environmental information to assess risks and vulnerabilities in different populations.
Topic objectives and methodology
Heat is increasingly becoming a problem. The purpose of this project is to examine vulnerabilities to heat risks in a variety of settings - Europe and Africa.