The Southeast Florida Surface Urban Heat Island and Hispanic Ethnic Exposure Inequalities.
Urban heat islands (UHI) present serious health risks as urban growth continues and thermal conditions warm. However, UHI studies on urban agglomerations are comparatively fewer while presenting notable challenges not encountered when examining individual cities. This analysis exploring the Southeas...
| Published in: | Southeastern Geographer Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 103 - 126 |
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University of North Carolina Press
Spring2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=176054912&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 176054912 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0038366X Z4J jtl: Southeastern Geographer issn: 0038366X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2024 vid: 64 iid: 1 pid: 2027 pub: University of North Carolina Press artinfo: ui: 176054912 10.1353/sgo.2024.a920709 ppf: 103 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 3.8MB tig: atl: The Southeast Florida Surface Urban Heat Island and Hispanic Ethnic Exposure Inequalities. aug: au: Cresswell, Kevin affil: Independent Researcher su: Florida Ethnicity Racial inequality Urban growth Cities & towns Urban heat islands Statistical correlation sug: subj: Ethnicity Racial inequality Urban growth Cities & towns Florida Land Subdivision Urban heat islands Statistical correlation keyword: cities environmental justice Extreme heat Latinos vulnerability cities environmental justice Extreme heat Latinos vulnerability ab: Urban heat islands (UHI) present serious health risks as urban growth continues and thermal conditions warm. However, UHI studies on urban agglomerations are comparatively fewer while presenting notable challenges not encountered when examining individual cities. This analysis exploring the Southeast Florida urban agglomeration surface UHI (SUHI) quantified SUHI intensity (SUHII) using five measurement approaches. Multiple regression illuminated the influence of demographic and socioeconomic variables on respective SUHII indicators. Since prior urban heat analyses considered His-panics broadly and Southeast Florida features a diverse Hispanic population exceeding two million, a Hispanic ethnicity analysis was performed granularly examining exposure differences. Results demonstrated positive statistical correlation yet noteworthy numerical disparities between SUHII indicators, while demographic and socioeconomic variables explained 40-73 percent of observed variation. Collectively, Hispanics were disproportionately exposed to higher intensity with Cubans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Other Central Americans exceedingly at risk. Results underscore a need to advance beyond traditional SUHII measurement approaches when analyzing urban agglomerations and emphasize the importance of distinguishing ethnicities when conducting urban-environmental studies in places with diverse Hispanic populations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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