NSW Heat Vulnerability Index to ABS Statistical Area Level 1 2016

Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

The NSW Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI) dataset identifies areas to monitor where populations in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan Area are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of urban heat, as of Summer 2015-2016. HVI utilises indicators for exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to calculate an overall heat vulnerability index. Expressed through the data, a vulnerability of 1 represents a combination of low exposure, low sensitivity and/or high adaptive capacity. A vulnerability of 5 represents high exposure, high sensitivity and/or low adaptive capacity. The calculation of HVI and the inputs to the exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity indicators are explained in the metadata. The HVI data is aggregated to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) polygon dataset to enable spatial analysis to support local policy and decision making. It can be used in conjunction with the NSW urban vegetation cover dataset for the same time period for broader analysis of the relationship of heat to green cover.

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Additional Information
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Title NSW Heat Vulnerability Index to ABS Statistical Area Level 1 2016
Date Published 03/04/2019
Last Updated 13/03/2020
Publisher/Agency Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency notPlanned
Temporal Coverage -
Geospatial Coverage
Data Portal ePlanning