Ecosystem services and urban heat riskscape moderation: Water, green spaces, and social inequality in Phoenix, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2637-2651

  Darrel Jenerette, G ^a   Harlan, Sharon L ^b   Stefanov, William L ^c   Martin, Chris A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic stratification; Ecosystem services; Extreme heat events; Urban heat riskscape; Vegetated cooling

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTREME EVENT; GREENSPACE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INCOME; PLANT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ARIZONA; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCOME; PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WATER;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053932374     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1493.1     Document Type: Article

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