Mapping the effects of urban heat island, housing, and age on excess heat-related mortality in London

Urban Climate

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 517-528

  Taylor, Jonathon ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^b   Davies, Mike ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^b   Chalabi, Zaid ^b   Mavrogianni, Anna ^a   Symonds, Phil ^a   Oikonomou, Eleni ^a   Bohnenstengel, Sylvia I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building physics; GIS; Heatwave; Mortality; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949100950     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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