Impacts of heat waves and corresponding measures: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Zuo, Jian ^a   Pullen, Stephen ^a   Palmer, Jasmine ^a   Bennetts, Helen ^a   Chileshe, Nicholas ^a   Ma, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Heat waves; Mechanisms; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MECHANISMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CORRESPONDING MEASURES; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; HEAT WAVES; PEAK ELECTRICITY DEMAND; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; RESILIENCE;

EXTREME WEATHER;

EID: 84924293504     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.078     Document Type: Review

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