Urban heat & critical infrastructure networks: A viewpoint

Urban Climate

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-12

  Chapman, Lee ^a   Azevedo, Juliana Antunes ^a   Prieto Lopez, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cascade failure; Critical infrastructure; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878249286     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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