Urban vulnerability to temperature-related hazards: A meta-analysis and meta-knowledge approach

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 670-683

  Romero Lankao, Patricia ^a   Qin, Hua ^a   Dickinson, Katie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Meta knowledge; Research paradigms; Temperature hazards; Urban vulnerability and adaptive capacity

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; META-ANALYSIS; PARADIGM SHIFT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84865718870     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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