Implications of climate change for expanding cities worldwide
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&1 Julian C. Hunt CB, MA, DPhil, FIMA, FRS Emeritus Professor of Climate Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, UK &2 Yulia V. Timoshkina MPhil, DPhil Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University College London, UK &3 Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel Dipl-Met Research Fellow, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK &4 Stephen Belcher MA, DPhil Joint Met Office Chair in Weather Systems, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
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