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A visual representation
Heat Waves: understanding Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability
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The Problem…..
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Heat waves result in a significant increase in morbidity and mortality amongst vulnerable populations
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evidence suggests that vulnerability will increase over time through a combination of social, economic and health related factors.
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The Hazard: a visual context
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Sustained periods of above average temperatures….
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Doesn’t cool down at night…..
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Absorption of heat by the urban environment….
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Conditions out of context for a given community….
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The Risks: let’s try to understand….
Global Warming…the earth is warming up…
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Urban heat islands…a “cement jungle”
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Lack of Air Conditioning…its not a luxury!
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Lack of shade…no oasis?
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Poor housing conditions…getting out of the kitchen does not mean what you might think!
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Who is Vulnerable?
The elderly…..
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Disabled….
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Homeless…
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Mentally ill and Socially isolated….
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Occupational Vulnerability
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How are we Vulnerable?Climate Change….
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Urban inhabitants….
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Heat related illness….
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Increase in violent behavior….
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Exacerbation of Chronic Disease
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In summary…. A hazard is not a disaster without risk and vulnerable
populations
The images within this slideshow are designed twofold:
to help explain the problem
and to provoke your imagination to seek solutions to this conundrum!
Please stay with us…and help us to create some recommendations regarding heat waves in a disaster management context!