Australia is the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Its capital city is Canberra, and its most important economic and cultural centers are Sydney and Melbo
France, a country of northwestern Europe, is historically and culturally among the most important countries in the Western world. It has also played a highly significant role in international affairs for centuries. Its capital is Paris, one of the most i
摘要: More eloquently than any other theorist of fiction, Henry James insisted upon the obligation of the novelist to convey the felt experience of human beings. The writer must take to himself "the faintest hints of life" and convert "the very pulses of the air into revelations"; indeed,"...
increasing the probability of more destructive flooding and inundation in major cities1,2,3. However, these impacts may be exacerbated by coastal subsidence—the sinking of coastal land areas4—a factor that is often underrepresented in coastal-management policies and long-term urban planning2...
There was once an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It was the mythical island of Atlantis. The people of the island were very rich, thanks to the natural resource on the island. For hundreds of years, they lived simple lives. But slowly they began to change. They started to...
Case studies of individual cities suggest that heat exposure, like other environmental stressors, may be unequally distributed across income groups. There is little evidence, however, as to whether such disparities are pervasive. We combine surface urban heat island (SUHI) data, a proxy for ...
Wholesale anthropogenic removal of the forest cover through fire, exacerbated by low biotic resilience, still forms the best explanation to account for the... DW Gade - 《Greening the Great Red Island Madagascar in Nature & Culture》 被引量: 5发表: 2008年 ...
The urban heat island (UHI) is exacerbated during heat waves, which have been reported to be more frequent in recent years. Unwanted consequences of the UHI not only include an increase in mean/peak energy demand, but an escalation in the heat-related mortality and disease. Although UHI mitig...
climate Article Urban Heat Island in Mediterranean Coastal Cities: The Case of Bari (Italy) Alessandra Martinelli 1, Dionysia-Denia Kolokotsa 2 and Francesco Fiorito 1,3,* 1 Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, 70125 Bari, ...
A mountainous island, Phuket has many of Thailand’s most popular beaches and in additional to the tropical fruits you might imagine eating on the beach, its capital Phuket City is also home to many vegan restaurants. Phuket has climbed up from its third place spot last year to take the to...