The soil-water system as basis for a climate proof and healthy urban environment: Opportunities identified in a Dutch case-study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 485-486, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 776-784

  Claessens, Jacqueline ^a   Schram Bijkerk, Dieneke ^a   Dirven van Breemen, Liesbet ^a   Otte, Piet ^a   van Wijnen, Harm ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Green spaces; Human health; Soil; Urban areas; Water storage capacity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE ADAPTATION; GREEN SPACES; HUMAN HEALTH; URBAN AREAS; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

SOILS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GIS; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER STORAGE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING; WETLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

CLIMATE ADAPTATION; GREEN SPACES; HUMAN HEALTH; SOIL; URBAN AREAS; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84900564723     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.120     Document Type: Article

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