Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Guerreiro, Selma B ^a   Dawson, Richard J ^a   Kilsby, Chris ^a,b   Lewis, Elizabeth ^a   Ford, Alistair ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cities; climate change; droughts; europe; floods; heat waves; urban

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODS; HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CITIES; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; EUROPE; HEAT WAVES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; URBAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CMIP; DROUGHT; FLOOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEAT WAVE; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTHERN EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 85048079035     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaaad3     Document Type: Article

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