Effects of city expansion on heat stress under climate change conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Argüeso, Daniel ^a   Evans, Jason P ^a   Pitman, Andrew J ^a   Luca, Alejandro Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; CITY EXPANSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; NIGHT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; CITY; HEAT; HUMAN;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84922610349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117066     Document Type: Article

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