Reducing urban heat wave risk in the 21st century

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-231

  Fernandez Milan, Blanca ^a,b   Creutzig, Felix ^a,b  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAT FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84940861738     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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