How is climatic adaptation taken into account by legal tools? Introduction of water and vegetation by French town planning documents

Urban Climate

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-34

  Lambert Habib, M L ^a   Hidalgo, J ^b   Fedele, C ^a   Lemonsu, A ^b   Bernard, C ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Town planning documents; Urban climate; Urban heat island; Urban law; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881028294     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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