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4 - Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation

Opportunities and Challenges

from Part I - Cross-Cutting Themes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2018

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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Climate Change and Cities
Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
, pp. 101 - 138
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