Social and economic impacts of climate change on the urban environment

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Gasper, Rebecca ^a   Blohm, Andrew ^a   Ruth, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOODING; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79955593117     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.12.009     Document Type: Review

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