Urban Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Cynthia Rosenzweig: Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
William D. Solecki: Affiliation:
Hunter College, City University of New York
Patricia Romero-Lankao: Affiliation:
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Shagun Mehrotra: Affiliation:
New School University, New York
Shobhakar Dhakal: Affiliation:
Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
Somayya Ali Ibrahim: Affiliation:
Earth Institute at Columbia University/NASA GISS, New York

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Information: Climate Change and Cities
Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
, pp. 257 - 318

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316563878.015 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2018

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