DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15677030
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




CCA,CPRO,CMUN,CDIS,CSEC

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).




disability

Population with a disability preventing work.




one_parent_households

One parent household with children.




dependants

Population who are dependants (under 16 years old).




unemployment

Unemployed population.




attending_university

Population attending university.




no_higher_education

Population with no higher education.




foreign_nationals

Foreign national population.




rented

Household population who are renting.




primary_school_age

Population who are not primary school aged.




one_person_households

Household population occupied by one person only.




year_built

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




age

Age domain based on the young and old indicators.


health


Health domain based on the disability indicator.



income
Income domain based on the one_parent_households, 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.


tenure
Tenure domain based on the households renting indicator.


social_network
Social network domain based on the primary_school_age and one_person_households indicators.


housing_characteristics
Housing characteristics domain based on the year_built indicators.


sensitivity
Sensitivity dimension based on the age and health domains.




prepare

Ability to prepare dimension based on the income, info_access_use, local_knowledge and tenure 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, social_network, and part housing_characteristics domains.


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


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




 

The second dataset includes the above columns, plus the Copernicus impervious surface and tree cover densisty indicators. This adds the physical environment domain and enhanced exposure dimension based on these additional indicators. The updated Social Vulnerability Index is also recalculated to include these recalculated indicators. The new columns are, with the social_vulnerability being updated:




Indicator
Description




tree_cover_density

Indicator of tree cover.


impervious
Indicator of impervious surfaces.




physical_environment

Physical environment domain based on the tree_cover_density and impervious indicators.


enhanced_exposure
Enhanced exposure dimension based on the physical_environment domain and housing_characteristics domains.


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