Climate change and civil engineering challenges

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 170-175

  Hunt, Julian ^a,b  

^a Department of Climate Modelling   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Mathematical modelling; Public policy

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 36349003360     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2007.160.4.170     Document Type: Article

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