Identification and Assessment of Summer Heat Risk in Central Urban Area Based on GIS Analysis

Yu Luo¹, Bao-Jie He², Bart Julien Dewancker¹

1. The University of Kitakyushu
2. Chongqing University

Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 978 to 991. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_94.

Abstract

In the context of global climate change, there has been a significant increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, especially urban heat, which pose a serious threat to the health, infrastructure, ecology and socio-economic conditions of urban residents. This research focuses on the identification and assessment of summer heat risk in central urban areas and constructs a comprehensive heat risk assessment framework using geographic information system (GIS) overlay analysis, integrating factors such as vulnerability, adaptation, risk, and exposure. The research results revealed the spatial distribution characteristics of heat risk and identified high-risk areas and vulnerable groups. In addition, this study revealed that heat risk assessment presents large variations depending on factors such as geographic location, population density, and socioeconomics. This study deepens the understanding of urban heat risk, which is of great significance to urban planning and public health management, and provides a scientific basis for the development of mitigation and adaptation strategies in overheating cities.

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Session

Presented in Recorded Presentations, Session I, Friday 8 November 2024, 11:00 to 13:30, room WG 201, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Megan Burfoot.

How to Cite

Luo, Y., He, B.-J., & Dewancker, B. J. (2025). Identification and Assessment of Summer Heat Risk in Central Urban Area Based on GIS Analysis. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 978–991). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_94

About the Conference

Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.