Implications of climate change for expanding cities worldwide

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 241-254

  Hunt, Julian C ^a   Timoshkina, Yulia V ^a   Bohnenstengel, Sylvia I ^b   Belcher, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Sustainability; Town and city planning

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HAZARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESPONSE SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; MEGACITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84886045903     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.10.00062     Document Type: Article

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