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Abstract
Heat waves are one of the deadliest of natural hazards and their frequency and intensity will likely increase as the climate continues to warm. A challenge in studying these phenomena is the lack of a universally accepted quantitative definition that captures both temperature anomalies, and associated mortality. We test the hypothesis that social media mining can be used to identify heat wave mortality. Applying the approach to India, we find that the number of heat-related tweets correlates with heat-related mortality, much better than traditional climate-based indicators, especially at larger scales, which identify many heat wave days that do not lead to excess mortality. We conclude that social media based heat wave identification can complement climatic data and can be used to 1) study heat wave impacts at large scales or in developing countries, where mortality data are difficult to obtain and uncertain, and 2) to track dangerous heat wave events in real time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 762 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-19 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Heatwave
- Heatwave definition
- Social media
- Twitter mining
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Newton Fund - Zero Peak Building Energy Design for India
Natarajan, S. (PI), Coley, D. (CoI), Davenport, J. (CoI), McCullen, N. (CoI) & Walker, I. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/11/17 → 31/10/22
Project: Research council
Profiles
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David Coley
- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Professor
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Decarbonisation of the Built Environment (dCarb)
- Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI)
- Centre for Regenerative Design & Engineering for a Net Positive World (RENEW)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff
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Nick McCullen
- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Networks and Collective Behaviour
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa)
- Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC)
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Decarbonisation of the Built Environment (dCarb)
- Centre for Regenerative Design & Engineering for a Net Positive World (RENEW)
- IAAPS: Propulsion and Mobility
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff
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Sukumar Natarajan
- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Professor
- Centre for Regenerative Design & Engineering for a Net Positive World (RENEW) - Centre Director
- Centre for Digital, Manufacturing & Design (dMaDe)
- Centre for Climate Adaptation & Environment Research (CAER)
- Centre for Bioengineering & Biomedical Technologies (CBio)
- Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (SES)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Affiliate staff