Heat waves, urban climate and human health

Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 269-278

  Endlicher, Wilfried ^a   Jendritzky, Gerd ^b   Fischer, Joachim ^a   Redlich, Jens Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate change; climate index; heat waves; human health; human mortality; urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959662423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_16     Document Type: Chapter

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