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Urban Form and Extreme Heat Events: Are Sprawling Cities More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than Compact Cities?
BACKGROUND: Extreme heat events (EHEs) are increasing in frequency in large U.S. cities and are responsible for a greater annual number of climate-related fatalities, on average, than any other form of extreme weather. In addition, low-density, sprawling patterns of urban development have been assoc...
Autores principales: | Stone, Brian, Hess, Jeremy J., Frumkin, Howard |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21114000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901879 |
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