Health heat stress in the Porto Metropolitan Area – a matter of temperature or inadequate adaptation?
The aim of this contribution is to understand the negative outcomes for human health during hot weather in a Mediterranean urban environment. Examining seasonal variations of thermal comfort in Porto, by Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET), and comparing expected and observed daily mortali...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin
2014-09-01
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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/99/66 |