Mitigation of urban heat stress – a modelling case study for the area of Stuttgart

In 2050 the fraction of urban global population will increase to over 69%, which means that around 6.3 billion people are expected to live in urban areas (UN 2011). Cities are the predominant habitation places for humans to live and are vulnerable to extreme weather events aggravating phenomena like...

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Main Authors: Fallmann, Joachim, Emeis, Stefan, Suppan, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin 2014-04-01
Series:DIE ERDE: Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin
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Online Access:http://www.die-erde.org/index.php/die-erde/article/view/75/50