What is the purpose of urban climate resilience? Implications for addressing poverty and vulnerability

Urban Climate

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-113

  Friend, Richard ^a   Moench, Marcus ^b  

^a Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET)   (Thailand)

^b Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET)   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Systems; Urban climate resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888198723     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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