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Combating Climate Change-induced Heat Stress: Assessing Cool Roofs and Its Impact on the Indoor Ambient Temperature of the Households in the Urban Slums of Ahmedabad

BACKGROUND: The rising global temperature and frequent heatwaves are the adverse effects of climate change. The causalities and ill impacts of the heat stress were higher among the slum dwellers because of the vulnerable household structures, which were made by heat-trapping materials like tin sheet...

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Autores principales: Vellingiri, Selvakumar, Dutta, Priya, Singh, Srishti, Sathish, LM, Pingle, Shyam, Brahmbhatt, Bijal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7227734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435111
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_120_19