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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Extreme Events. 2021 Sep 22;8(2):2150015. doi: 10.1142/S2345737621500159

Table 3.

NYC Data Tools

Data Tool Agencies Involved Description

Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI) DOHMH, MOR The HVI measures how vulnerable neighborhoods are to heat on a scale of 1–5 based on environmental variables including daytime summer surface temperature data, percent of green space land surface temperature, and social variables including poverty measured by the percent of people living below the federal poverty level, percent of non-Latino/a/x Black residents data, and access to air conditioning data.
HVI Hospital/Green Space Map DOHMH HVI map that allows users to see the heat vulnerability of a neighborhood and what hospitals and green spaces are located in this neighborhood.
HVI Neighborhood Map DOHMH HVI map that is broken down by neighborhood and allows users to look up their heat vulnerability by neighborhood.
Cool It! NYC Map NYCPARKS Map that shows cooling amenities people can access to cool down during a heat emergency.
Street Trees Map NYCPARKS Map that shows the number and type of street trees across NYC.