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Killer Summer Heat: Projected Death Toll from Rising Temperatures in America Due to Climate Change

Peter Altman (Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al)
Tags: Air Quality, Case Studies, Documents, Essential Reading, Global Climate, Health, North America / Central America, Pavements, Roofs, Scientific Literature, Social Impacts, Thermal Comfort, Urban Heat Island, Websites, air pollution, Air Temperature, extreme weather

Publication Date: May 2012

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Vegetation as a climatic component in the design of an urban street. An empirical model for predicting the cooling effect of urban green areas with trees.

L. Shashua Bar (Technion Israel Institute of Technology) and M.E. Hoffman (Technion Israel Institute of Technology)
Tags: Case Studies, Documents, Middle East / North Africa, Scientific Literature, Thermal Comfort, Urban Heat Island, Vegetation and Shade Trees, Air Temperature, Israel, Tel-Aviv, urban fabric, Urban planning

Publication Date: May 1999

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