How urban societies can adapt to resource shortage and climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1942, 2011, Pages 1762-1783

  Satterthwaite, David ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Sustainable development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GHG EMISSION; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; LIVING STANDARDS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RESOURCE DEMANDS; RESOURCE SHORTAGE; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; URBAN AREAS; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH CARE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 79956105590     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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