Tutorial: Creating a Heat Risk Index for a Canadian City

Published: December 21, 2024

ESRI Canada

This tutorial walks you through the process of creating a heat risk index for a large Canadian city using the Calculate Composite Index tool in ArcGIS Pro. Municipal open data and satellite imagery from the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World are used to derive values for different variables that contribute to heat risk. These variables are then combined into a single composite indicator and mapped to help identify areas of high risk across the city.

 This tutorial was originally developed by Esri’s Learn Team. You can find the official maintained version at this location: [ https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/customize-a-climate-resilience-index/ ]. You can find other tutorials in the tutorial gallery [ https://learn.arcgis.com/en/gallery/ ].  

  • Time required: 75 – 90 minutes.
  • Materials required:
    • ArcGIS Pro 3.0+
    • ArcGIS Pro extensions: Spatial Analyst, or 3D Analyst + Image Analyst
  • Last updated: October 2024.
  • [Tested with: ArcGIS Pro 3.3.1]