Adaptive capacity to extreme heat: results from a household survey in Houston, Texas - Hayden MH, Wilhelmi OV, Banerjee D, Greasby T, Cavanaugh JL, Nepal V, Boehnert J, Sain S, Burghardt C, Gower S.

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. The work presented here is part of a larger study examining vulnerability to ex...
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