Heat and Human Comfort in a Town in Brazil’s Semi-arid Region

The aim of this study was to assess the evolution of registered air temperatures in the town of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, over a fifteen-year period (from 1996 to 2010), analysing the heat susceptibility of the local inhabitants through the human comfort indices for the same period. In ord...

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses

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