The impact of the 2009 heat wave on Melbourne's critical infrastructure

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 783-796

  McEvoy, Darryn ^a   Ahmed, Iftekhar ^a   Mullett, Jane ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate impacts; heat wave; infrastructure; urban system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT ISLAND; INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURAL HAZARD; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84865266063     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.678320     Document Type: Article

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