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This dissertation explores vulnerability to extreme heat hazards in the Maricopa County, Arizona metropolitan region. By engaging an interdisciplinary approach, I uncover the epidemiological, historical-geographical, and mitigation dimensions of human vulnerability to extreme heat in a rapidly urbanizing region characterized by an intense urban heat island and summertime heat waves.
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Contributors
- Declet-Barreto, Juan (Author)
- Harlan, Sharon L (Thesis advisor)
- Bolin, Bob (Thesis advisor)
- Hirt, Paul (Committee member)
- Boone, Christopher (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
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2013
Subjects
- Geography
- Climate Change
- Social Research
- Extreme Heat
- heat hazards
- Maricopa County
- Arizona
- Phoenix
- Urban heat island
- vulnerability to climate change
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Body temperature--Social aspects.
- Body temperature
- Urban heat island--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Urban heat island
- Vegetation and climate--Social aspects--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Vegetation and climate
- Public health--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- public health
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2013Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-138)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Environmental social science
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by Juan Declet-Barreto