Nature-based approaches to managing climate change impacts in cities

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 375, Issue 1794, 2020, Pages

  Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate change adaptation; Green infrastructure; Nature based strategies; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAT ISLAND; MITIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; WARMING;

CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; HEAT; PROCEDURES;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; HOT TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85078331215     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0124     Document Type: Review

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