Hurricane Sandy in New York, extreme climate events and the urbanization of climate change: Perspectives in the context of subSaharan African cities

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-94

  Solecki, William ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EXTREME EVENT; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924940219     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.02.007     Document Type: Review

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