Reducing urban overheating risks through climate-resilient development in the warming tropics
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-2024
Abstract
More frequent heat extremes, combined with rapidly developing settlements in the tropics, result in complex climate-driven risks emerging in cities within these regions. Urban policymakers can successfully manage these urban heat risks via climate resilient development, in which sustainability is aligned with current climate adaptation and mitigation goals.
Discipline
Environmental Policy | Place and Environment
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
One Earth
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
6
Last Page
10
ISSN
2590-3330
Identifier
10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.018
Publisher
Cell Press
Citation
CHOW, Winston T. L..
Reducing urban overheating risks through climate-resilient development in the warming tropics. (2024). One Earth. 7, (1), 6-10.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/157
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.018