Survivability under Overheating : The impact of Regional and Global Climate Change on Vulnerable and Low Income Population

The present book discusses three significant challenges of the built environment, namely regional and global climate change, vulnerability, and survivability under the changing climate. Synergies between local climate change, energy consumption of buildings and energy poverty, and health risks highl...

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Other Authors: Synnefa, Afroditi (Editor), Haddad, Shamila (Editor), Rajagopalan, Priya (Editor), Santamouris, Matthaios (Editor)
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Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
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653 |a redlining 
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653 |a time-series 
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653 |a transpiration cooling 
653 |a coastal cities 
653 |a sap flow 
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