The science of stifling heat: Recognising urban climate change in the Straits Settlements
Heat is a ubiquitous part of tropical living. During the nineteenth century consumers and writers of travel literature, explorers and colonists became increasingly familiar with the endless, languid summers of tropical climates where continued, unrelenting heat and humidity created a daunting climat...
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Main Author: | WILLIAMSON, Fiona |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2020
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