Habeeb, Dana; Vargo, Jason; Stone, Brian - In: Natural Hazards 76 (2015) 3, pp. 1651-1665
. Heat waves exacerbate the risks associated with heat exposure, and urban residents are particularly vulnerable to threats … of heat waves due to the urban heat island effect. To understand how heat waves are changing over time, we examine … significantly when measured over a five-decade period, with the annual number of heat waves increasing by 0.6 heat waves per decade …