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...

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Main Authors: E. Tromeur, R. Ménard, J.-B. Bailly, C. Soulié
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-05-01
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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