Rapid warming in Tibet, China: Public perception, response and coping resources in urban Lhasa

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bai, Li ^a   Cirendunzhu, ^b   Pengcuociren, ^b   Dawa, ^b   Woodward, Alistair ^c   Liu, Xiaobo ^a   Baimaciwang, ^b   Dazhen, ^b   Sang, Shaowei ^a   Wan, Fangjun ^a   Zhou, Lin ^a   Xu, Junfang ^d   Li, Xiaolu ^d   Wu, Haixia ^a   Yu, Baorong ^d   Xiraoruodeng, ^b   Liu, Qiyong ^a,d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Center for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention in Tibet   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Human health; Perceptions; Tibet; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH RISK; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNITUDE; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; XIZANG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; TIBET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885115853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-71     Document Type: Article

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