Enhancing urban infrastructure investment planning practices for a changing climate

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 13-20

  He, J ^a   Valeo, C ^a   Bouchart, F J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Design storm; Intensity duration frequency curves; Urban water infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC WORKS; RAIN; STORM SEWERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DESIGN STORM; INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY CURVES; URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC WORKS; RAIN; STORM SEWERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; ENGINEERING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGY; INVESTMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SIMULATION; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALBERTA; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745660555     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.292     Document Type: Article

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