Urban heat island and bioclimatological conditions in a hot-humid tropical city: The example of Akure, Nigeria

Erde

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 3-15

  Balogun, Ifeoluwa A ^a   Balogun, Ahmed A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Akure; Bioclimatological conditions; Heat island; Nigeria; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AKURE; NIGERIA; ONDO;

EID: 84907571297     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12854/erde-145-2     Document Type: Article

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