Double exposure and the climate gap: Changing demographics and extreme heat in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Local Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-201

  Grineski, Sara E ^a   Collins, Timothy W ^a   McDonald, Yolanda J ^b   Aldouri, Raed ^c   Aboargob, Faraj ^a   Eldeb, Abdelatif ^a   Romo Aguilar, María de Lourdes ^d   Velázquez Angulo, Gilberto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ciudad Juarez; climate gap; double exposures; extreme heat; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHIHUAHUA; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84911988982     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.839644     Document Type: Article

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