DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15675828
title: Characterisation of Social Vulnerability to the environmental hazard of heat in Milan, derived from national census and EU Copernicus datasets

description: This dataset includes all input information for indicators that were used to derive social vulnerability and the overall processed data of the social vulnerability index score for the region of Milan, Italy. The input variables used in this dataset come from the national census data for Italy and EU Copernicus data.

The social vulnerability indicators used in these datasets are based on research including a review of existing literature and the interpretation of factors affecting social vulnerability. Interpretation of some indicators are contestable and open to debate.
description: Raw census population and housing data, and the EU Copernicus impervious and tree cover data is not suitable for use within the vulnerability assessment. Instead, all these raw data are processed as z-scores. These z-score indicator columns are described below:




Indicator
Description




SEZ2011

Index related to each administrative area used by the census data.




early_childhood_boy



Male children aged under 5 (0 - 4 years old).





early_childhood_girl

Female children aged under 5 (0 - 4 years old).




age_middle_to_oldest_old_male

Male population aged 75 years and over (75+ years old).




age_middle_to_oldest_old_female

Female population aged 75 years and over (75+ years old).




dependants

Indicator of people with dependants (under 15 years old).




unemployment

Indicator of people unemployed.




no_higher_education

Indicator of people with no higher education.




foreign_nationals

Indicator of foreign nationals.




primary_school_age



Population who are not primary school aged (5 - 9 years old).



one_person_households


One person households.





tree_cover_density



Indicator of tree cover.





impervious

Indicator of impervious surfaces.


age
Age domain based on the young and old indicators.


income
Income domain based on the dependants and unemployment indicators.




info_access_use

Information access/use domain based on the no_higher_education indicator.




local_knowledge



Local knowledge domain linked to the foreign_nationals indicator.





social_network

Social network domain based on the primary_school_age and one_person_households indicators.




physical_environment

Physical environment domain based on the tree_cover_density and impervious indicators.




sensitivity

Sensitivity dimension based on the age domain.




prepare

Ability to prepare dimension based on the income, info_access_use, and local_knowledge domains.




respond

Ability to respond dimension based on the income, info_access_use, local_knowledge, and social_network domains.




recover

Ability to recover dimension based on the income, info_access_use, and social_network domains.




adaptive_capacity

Adaptive capacity dimension based on the income, info_access_use, local_knowledge, and social_network domains.




enhanced_exposure

Enhanced exposure dimension based on the physical_environment domain.




social_vulnerability

Social Vulnerability Index based on the integration of all the indicators.