Climate change risks and opportunities in hospital adaptation

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-221

  Loosemore, Martin ^a   Carthey, Jane ^a   Chandra, Venny ^b   Chand, Anumitra Mirti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ciputra Group   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Australia; Building specifications; Climate change; Extreme weather events; Hospitals; New Zealand; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858857735     PISSN: 17595908     EISSN: 17595916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17595901111167097     Document Type: Article

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