Help build equitable heat resilience in communities across Indiana.
Discover Heat Vulnerability Mapping Tool
The spatial variation of heat vulnerability is dramatic even
within small communities, with its adverse effects
disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. Prompted by
the 2022 Richmond Warehouse fire, the heat vulnerability mapping
tool was created to provide communities with an interactive,
decision support tool to identify, target and support heat
resilience among vulnerable populations.
Identify priority areas in your community
Create your own heat vulnerability index
Make interventions to support heat resilience
Use the tool for heat resilience advocacy
Take a deep dive
Learn about the HVI
Heat vulnerability index (HVI) is a measure of Heat Exposure, Susceptibility and Adaptive Capacity. A high Heat Vulnerability Index indicates that the area is disproportionately affected by the adverse effects of extreme heat. These areas have to be prioritized by decision makers for heat resilience initiatives.
Heat Exposure
Temperature
Heat Index
Susceptibility
Age
Social isolation
Poverty
Race / Ethnicity
Language barrier
Educational attainment
Health insurance
Adaptive Capacity
Vehicle access
Internet access
A.C. access
Renter occupied
Partner With Us
Cities can partner with the Healthy Cities Lab at Indiana University
to map heat vulnerability for their communities.
Environmental Resilience Institute
The Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University
collaborates with Hoosiers and organizations throughout the
region to better prepare Indiana and the Midwest for
environmental changes that affect individuals, communities,
businesses, and natural systems.
The Healthy Cities Lab
The Healthy Cities Lab, headed by Dr. Dana Habeeb at Indiana
University is primarily concerned with building local awareness
and improving community resilience to extreme heat. For
questions, contact us at
hcities@iu.edu
The Healthy Cities Lab is
grateful to the Office of Community & Rural Affairs for
sponsoring the Beat the Heat Project. The Heat Vulnerability
Mapping Tool was brought to life with our incredible partners
from the Crisis Technology Innovation Lab.
