Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Seto, Karen C ^a   Shepherd, J Marshall ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 70449344434     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2009.07.012     Document Type: Review

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