1. A visual representation Heat Waves: understanding Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability

2. The Problem…..

3.  Heat waves result in a significant increase in morbidity and mortality amongst vulnerable populations

4.  evidence suggests that vulnerability will increase over time through a combination of social, economic and health related factors.

5. The Hazard: a visual context

6. Sustained periods of above average temperatures….

7. Doesn’t cool down at night…..

8. Absorption of heat by the urban environment….

9. Conditions out of context for a given community….

10. The Risks: let’s try to understand….  Global Warming…the earth is warming up…

11. Urban heat islands…a “cement jungle”

12. Lack of Air Conditioning…its not a luxury!

13. Lack of shade…no oasis?

14. Poor housing conditions…getting out of the kitchen does not mean what you might think!

15. Who is Vulnerable? The elderly…..

16.  Disabled….

17.  Homeless…

18.  Mentally ill and Socially isolated….

19.  Occupational Vulnerability

20. How are we Vulnerable?  Climate Change….

21.  Urban inhabitants….

22.  Heat related illness….

24.  Increase in violent behavior….

25.  Exacerbation of Chronic Disease

26. In summary….  A hazard is not a disaster without risk and vulnerable populations  The images within this slideshow are designed twofold: to help explain the problem and to provoke your imagination to seek solutions to this conundrum!  Please stay with us…and help us to create some recommendations regarding heat waves in a disaster management context!