Vulnerability to heat waves: Impact of urban expansion scenarios on urban heat island and heat stress in Paris (France)

Urban Climate

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 586-605

  Lemonsu, A ^a   Viguie V ^b   Daniel, M ^a   Masson, V ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Densification; Heat wave; Urban heat island; Urban sprawl; Vulnerability indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948994531     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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