摘要：Climate change is predicted to increase the intensity and negative impacts of urban heat
events, prompting the need to develop preparedness and adaptation strategies that reduce
societal vulnerability to extreme heat. Analysis of societal vulnerability to extreme heat
events requires an interdisciplinary approach that includes information about weather and
climate, the natural and built environment, social processes and characteristics,
interactions with stakeholders, and an assessment of community vulnerability at a local
level. In this letter, we explore the relationships between people and places, in the context
of urban heat stress, and present a new research framework for a multi-faceted, top-down
and bottom-up analysis of local-level vulnerability to extreme heat. This framework aims to
better represent societal vulnerability through the integration of quantitative and
qualitative data that go beyond aggregate demographic information. We discuss how
different elements of the framework help to focus attention and resources on more
targeted health interventions, heat hazard mitigation and climate adaptation
strategies.
