A framework for modeling rail transport vulnerability

Growth and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 617-641

  Peterson, Steven K ^a   Church, Richard L ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 56349169504     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2008.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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