Wet-bulb temperatures reveal inequitable heat risk following climate change in Hong Kong
Rising temperatures will impact urban communities, which are growing as a proportion of the global population. However, the effects of increasing temperature may not be felt equally, with less wealthy neighbourhoods experiencing hotter thermal environments in some urban areas because of geographic l...
Main Author: | Michael J W Boyle |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf67b |
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