Assessing Urban Risk to Extreme Heat in China

Assessing Urban Risk to Extreme Heat in China

Many cities are experiencing persistent risk in China due to frequent extreme weather events. Some extreme weather events, such as extreme heat hazard, have seriously threatened human health and socio-economic development in cities. There is an urgent need to measure the degree of extreme heat risk...

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Main Authors: Xiaojun Huang, Yanyu Li, Yuhui Guo, Dianyuan Zheng, Mingyue Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
extreme heat
risk assessment
hazard
exposure
vulnerability
China
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/7/2750

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