Household accessibility to heat refuges: Residential air conditioning, public cooled space, and walkability

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1036-1055

  Fraser, Andrew M ^a   Chester, Mikhail V ^a   Eisenman, David ^b   Hondula, David M ^a   Pincetl, Stephanie S ^b   English, Paul ^c   Bondank, Emily ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; climate change; extreme heat; walkability

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT SOURCE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PUBLIC ACCESS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SPACE USE;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; MARICOPA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033439386     PISSN: 23998083     EISSN: 23998091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516657342     Document Type: Article

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