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Megacities: Urban Environment, Air Pollution, Climate Change and Human Health Interactions

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Integrated multi-scale modelling concept of urban environment, air ­pollution, climate change and human health interactions for megacities and overview of integrated modelling frameworks realized in European projects: current MEGAPOLI and previous FUMAPEX, as well as Danish CEEH and European Enviro-RISKS projects, are described in this paper.

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Acknowledgements

This overview article was written based on the EC projects FP7 MEGAPOLI, FP5 FUMAPEX, FP6 Enviro-RISKS, Danish CEEH and COST Actions 728, ES0602, ES1004 and the author acknowledge many scientists involved into these projects for close collaboration, productive discussions and scientific contributions.

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    Alexander Baklanov

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  1. Dept. Civil Engineering &, Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Fitzpatrick Hall 156, Notre Dame, 46556, Indiana, USA

    H. J. S. Fernando

  2. Andrija Mohorovicic Geophysical Inst., Department of Geophysics, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

    Z. Klaić

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Baklanov, A. (2012). Megacities: Urban Environment, Air Pollution, Climate Change and Human Health Interactions. In: Fernando, H., Klaić, Z., McCulley, J. (eds) National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2430-3_10

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