Local urban warming, possible impacts and a resilience plan to climate change for the historical center of Athens, Greece

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 281-291

  Santamouris, Matheos ^a   Cartalis, Constantinos ^a   Synnefa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Heat island; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944158114     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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