DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13909225
title: Characterisation of Social Vulnerability to the environmental hazard of heat in Logroño, and the surrounding La Rioja region in Spain, 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 Logroño, and the surrounding La Rioja region, Spain. The input variables used in this dataset come from the national census data for Spain 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.

Two datasets were produced as outputs. The first dataset excludes the Copernicus impervious surface and tree cover indicators. The z-score indicators are:




Indicator
Description


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


c_ab0t4_pct_Z
Male population under 5 years old.


c_ag0t4_pct_Z
Female population under 5 years old.


c_amo75_pct_Z
Male population over 74 years old.


c_afo75_pct_Z
Female population over 74 years old.


t13_1_pct_Z
Population with a disability preventing work.


t4_1_pct_Z
Population who are dependants (under 16 years old).


fam_3plus_pct_Z
Household population with three or more children per family.


invert_t9_1_pct_Z
Population with no higher education.


t8_1_pct_Z
Population attending university.


t10_1_pct_Z
Unemployed population.


c_ac5t9_pct_Z
Population of primary school age (5 - 9 years old).


t22_1_pct_Z
Household population occupied by one person only.


t5_1_pct_Z
Foreign national population.


t20_2_pct_Z
Household population who are renting.


fam_bb_1970_pct_Z
Population who are living in dwellings built on or before 1970.


ageDomain
Age domain based on the young and old indicators (c_ab0t4_pct_Z, c_ag0t4_pct_Z, c_amo75_pct_Z and c_afo75_pct_Z).


healthDomain
Health domain based on the disability indicator (t13_1_pct_Z).


mobilityDomain
Mobility domain based on the dependants rate (t4_1_pct_z), and 3 or more children (fam_3plus_pct_Z) indicators.


incomeDomain
Income domain based on no higher education (invert_t9_1_pct_Z), attending university (t8_1_pct_Z), and unemployment (t10_1_pct_Z) indicators.


socialNetworkDomain
Social network domain based on the primary school age children (c_ac5t9_pct_Z) and households with one-person (t22_1_pct_Z) indicators.


localKnowledgeDomain
Local knowledge domain based on the foreign nationals (t5_1_pct_Z) indicator.


tenureDomain
Tenure domain based on the households renting indicator (t20_2_pct_Z).


sensitivityDimension
Sensitivity dimension based on the age and health domains.


adaptiveCapacityDimension
Adaptive Capacity dimension based on the mobility, income, social network, local knowledge and tenure domains


vulnerability
Social Vulnerability Index based in the integration of all the dimensions




 

The second dataset includes the columns above plus includes the Copernicus impervious surface and tree cover indicators. The additional or updated z-score indicators are:




Indicator
Description


tcdZ
Percentage of area covered by trees.


impZ
Percentage of impervious surface within each administrative area. This information is extracted from the 2018 High Resolution Layer Imperviousness Copernicus Data. Areas with greater amount of impervious surface may be more prone to flood events.


physicalEnvironmentDomain
Physical environment domain based on the tree cover (tcdZ) and impervious (impZ) indicators.


housingCharacteristicsDomain
Housing characteristics domain based dwelling construction year indicator (fam_bb_1970_pct_Z).


enhancedExposureDImension
Enhanced exposure dimension based on the physicalEnvironmentDomain and housingCharacteristicsDomain.


vulnerability
Updated Social Vulnerability Index to include the enhanced exposure dimension.