Sensitivity to heat: A comparative study of Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois (2003-2006)

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: CHUANG, Wen-Ching, GOBER, Patricia, CHOW, Winston T. L., GOLDEN, Jay
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• الموضوعات: Heat-stress emergency calls; Climate change; Sensitivity; Adaptive capacity; Heat exposure; Vulnerability assessment; Environmental Sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3061; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4318/viewcontent/Sensitivity_to_heat_A_comparative_study.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

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