Data · dataset · 2026
Adaptive capacity to extreme heat: Results from a household survey in Houston, Texas
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related mortality in the United States, suggesting the necessity for better understanding population vulnerability to extreme heat.
Description
The work presented here is part of a larger study examining vulnerability to extreme heat in current and future climates [System for Integrated Modeling of Metropolitan Extreme Heat Risk (SIMMER)] and was undertaken to assess Houston, Texas, residents' adaptive capacity to extreme heat.
A comprehensive, semistructured survey was conducted by telephone at 901 households in Houston in 2011. Frequency and logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results show that 20% of the survey respondents reported heat-related symptoms in the summer of 2011 despite widespread air conditioning availability throughout Houston.
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Of those reporting heat-related symptoms experienced in the home (n = 56), the majority could not afford to use air conditioning because of the high cost of electricity. This research highlights the efficacy of community-based surveys to better understand adaptive capacity at the household level; this survey contextualizes population vulnerability and identifies more targeted intervention strategies and adaptation actions.
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7639sdb ↗
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- data.ucar.edu /dataset/adaptive-capacity-to-extreme-heat-results-from-a-house… ↗
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- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=e25f17a4-5649-44b2-9273-51e83c414… ↗
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Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Climate change impacts and adaptation 69%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | e25f17a4-5649-44b2-9273-51e83c41497b | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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