Conceptualizing urban vulnerability to global climate and environmental change

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-149

  Romero Lankao, Patricia ^a   Qin, Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL CLIMATE; POLICY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79955593103     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.12.016     Document Type: Review

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