Adapting to climate change in urban areas: The possibilities and constraints in low- and middle-income nations

Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-47

  Satterthwaite, David ^a   Huq, Saleemul ^a   Reid, Hannah ^b   Pelling, Mark ^c   Lankao, Patricia Romero ^d  

^a IIED ^*  (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d The Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)   (United States)

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EID: 84925877207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770361     Document Type: Chapter

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