UK road salting - an international benefit/cost review

Highways and Transportation

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 22-24

  Thornes, J E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Royal Meteorological Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROAD SALTING; WINTER MAINTENANCE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FROST EFFECTS; ICE CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032663055     PISSN: 02656868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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