Climate change in the urban environment: Advancing, measuring and achieving resiliency

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 310-313

  Doherty, Meghan ^a   Klima, Kelly ^b   Hellmann, Jessica J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Urban adaptation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84992200238     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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