Urban vulnerability and resilience within the context of climate change
Natural hazards, due to climate change, are particularly damaging in urban areas because of interdependencies of their networks. So, urban resilience has to face up to climate risks. The most impacting phenomenon is the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The storage capacity of heat is depending on sha...
Main Authors: | E. Tromeur, R. Ménard, J.-B. Bailly, C. Soulié |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-05-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1811/2012/nhess-12-1811-2012.pdf |
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