Socio-cultural reflections on heat in Australia with implications for health and climate change adaptation

Background : Australia has a hot climate with maximum summer temperatures in its major cities frequently exceeding 35°C. Although ‘heat waves’ are an annual occurrence, the associated heat-related deaths among vulnerable groups, such as older people, suggest that Australians could be better prepared...
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Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Cathy Banwell [verfasserIn]

Jane Dixon [verfasserIn]

Hilary Bambrick [verfasserIn]

Ferne Edwards [verfasserIn]

Tord Kjellström [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2012

Schlagwörter:

older Australians

experience of heat

health

climate change

vulnerability

impacts

adaptation

Australia

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Global Health Action - Taylor & Francis Group, 2008, 5(2012), 0, Seite 9

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:5 ; year:2012 ; number:0 ; pages:9

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DOI / URN:

10.3402/gha.v5i0.19277

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ011346493

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