TY - CHAP AU - Tayfun Kindap AU - Alper Unal AU - Huseyin Ozdemir AU - Deniz Bozkurt AU - Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu AU - Goksel Demir AU - Mete Tayanc AU - Mehmet Karaca ED - Netra Chhetri Y1 - 2012-11-14 PY - 2012 T1 - Quantification of the Urban Heat Island Under a Changing Climate over Anatolian Peninsula N2 - Anomalous climatic outcomes such as higher temperatures, intense rainfall and flood, frequent and severe droughts are now at the new level. Without appropriate adaptation measures, climate change is bound to exacerbate vulnerability of society, place food security and human health at risk, threaten the lives of growing urban population and impede the goal of attaining sustainable development. The human and social dimensions of climate change, including climate policy, are essential parts of our response to the many challenges emanating from climate change. By focusing on a wide range of topics and involving a diverse array of scholars, this book sheds lights on human and social dimensions of climate change; topics neglected and often poorly understood by scholars and policymakers. BT - Human and Social Dimensions of Climate Change SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/51244 DO - 10.5772/51244 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -