Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities

Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities

Climate change presents significant threats to human health, especially for low-income urban communities in the Global South. Despite numerous studies of heat stress, surprisingly little is known about the temperatures actually encountered by people in their homes, or the benefits of affordable adap...

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Main Authors: R L Wilby, R Kasei, K V Gough, E F Amankwaa, M Abarike, N J Anderson, S N A Codjoe, P Griffiths, C Kaba, K Abdullah, S Kayaga, T Matthews, P Mensah, C Murphy, P W K Yankson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
climate change
extreme heat
informal settlements
indoor temperature
Ghana
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdbf2

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdbf2

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