Research Article

Mapping Urban Heat Vulnerability of Extreme Heat in Hangzhou via Comparing Two Approaches

Table 5

Component matrix from the PCA method.

IndicatorsComponent
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Education less than high school0.895−0.257−0.024
Income0.8620.4110.07
Unhealthy seniors0.8150.251−0.401
Elderly living alone0.7470.325−0.365
Illiteracy0.714−0.5310.054
Elderly (65+)0.3460.788−0.137
Cooling facilities−0.1560.60−0.448
Lack of green space0.3730.390.762
LST0.470.4040.713

Note: the bold numbers indicate that each component is characterized by indicators with a correlation of magnitude 0.6 or higher with the corresponding component. For example, Component 1 = a ∗ education + b ∗ income + c ∗ unhealthy seniors + d ∗ elderly living along + e ∗ illiteracy.