Sang, Yan-Fang; Wang, Zhonggen; Liu, Changming - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 3, pp. 2399-2400
The Beijing storm of 21 July attracted public and social attention widely. Recently, some scientists expressed their opinion that urbanization has exacerbated the storm. However, our analysis suggests that while urbanization might have played some role, it is mainly the topographic effect that...