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Industry, settlement and society

Thomas J. Wilbanks, Patricia Romero‐Lankao, Muping Bao, Frans Berkhout, Sandy Cairncross, Jean-Paul Céron, M. Kapshe, Robert Muir‐Wood, R. Zapata-Marti

Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) · 2007 · 203 citations · 37 references

Concepts

Social SciencesEconomicsEconomic GeographyIndustrial OrganizationIndustrial RelationsCivil SocietyEconomic Organization Of SettlementsIndustrializationSettlement HierarchySettlement PracticeUrban SettlementSettlement Economy

References

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The energetic basis of the urban heat island

T. R. Oke · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1982 · 4.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Meteorology, Thermal Comfort +13

Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years

Kerry Emanuel · Nature · 2005 · 4K citations

Natural Sciences, Meteorology, Oceanography +14

Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: what urban economics leaves out

William E. Rees · Environment and Urbanization · 1992 · 2.4K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Urban Planning +15

World Urbanization Prospects

Philippe Bocquier · Demographic Research · 2005 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Geography, Urban Planning +15

Heat wave: a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Urban Policy, Urban Studies +14