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Understand where heat is concentrated, who is more vulnerable and where risk is higher

Geoneon combines Earth observation, climate, vegetation, built-environment and population data to map heat susceptibility, understand social vulnerability and identify priority areas for adaptation and planning.

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HEAT SOLUTIONS

Understand heat from physical conditions to community risk

Geoneon applies spatial analysis to understand where heat is concentrated, which communities may be more vulnerable, and where these factors combine to create comparatively higher heat risk.

HEAT SUSCEPTIBILITY

Identify where heat is more concentrated across the landscape

Use satellite observations, climate data, vegetation, land cover and urban-form information to understand spatial patterns in land surface temperature and the conditions associated with hotter and cooler locations.

Typical uses
Heat susceptibility mapping · land surface temperature · canopy and urban-form analysis · temporal comparison

Heat susceptibility map with a 1 to 10 relative scale
SOCIAL VULNERABILITY

Understand where communities may be more vulnerable to extreme heat

Combine demographic, socio-economic and other relevant vulnerability indicators to understand how sensitivity and capacity to cope with heat vary between communities and locations.

Typical uses
Vulnerable-population mapping · socio-economic indicators · age-related vulnerability · community comparison

Social vulnerability map with a 1 to 10 relative scale
HEAT RISK

Identify where heat, exposure and vulnerability combine

Bring together heat susceptibility, population or asset exposure and vulnerability indicators to develop relative heat-risk measures and identify locations that may warrant closer attention or targeted action.

Typical uses
Heat-risk screening · priority-area analysis · adaptation planning · urban-greening prioritisation

Relative heat risk map with a 1 to 10 scale
OUR APPROACH

Project-specific heat analysis, from susceptibility to risk

The approach is configured around the geography, decision and available evidence. Depending on the project, this may combine Earth observation, historical climate data, vegetation and canopy information, built-environment data, population and social-vulnerability indicators, and spatial modelling.

Satellite-derived land surface temperature and air temperature describe different aspects of heat. The appropriate measure depends on the question being addressed.

Heat risk is developed only where suitable exposure and vulnerability information is available.

Have a heat-risk or adaptation question?

Tell us which places or communities you need to understand. We can help define an appropriate heat susceptibility, vulnerability and risk analysis.

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