Urban Heat and Ageing Effects on Climate Inequality in 122 Asian Cities, 2010-2024

Panel data for 122 East and Southeast Asian cities from 2010 to 2024 examines the joint impact of heatwave exposure and population ageing on structural inequality. The dataset includes a latent city-level index derived from healthcare capacity, education, poverty, and a proxy for social marginalization. It was authored by jaeyeon kim and last updated on 2026-05-20.

Use Cases

• Modeling the interaction between heat exposure and ageing on social inequality based on the described latent index.
• Analyzing path-dependent amplification of climate inequality in cities with high baseline inequality.
• Assessing the role of adaptive capacity (healthcare, education, poverty) in shaping urban climate vulnerability.

Strengths

• Covers 122 cities over a 15-year period (2010-2024).
• Derives a multi-dimensional inequality index from healthcare, education, poverty, and social marginalization proxies.
• Uses correlated random effects models for analysis as described.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Estimates for the highest-inequality cities are noted as imprecise in the description.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely compiled from city-level administrative and environmental data sources.

Time Range

2010 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 12:49:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

122 cities in East and Southeast Asia