Climate change and transportation engineering: Preparing for a sustainable future

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 393-403

  Meyer, Michael D ^a   Weigel, Brent ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Risk management; Sustainable development; Systems management; Transportation engineering

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES; SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUTURE PROSPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 79959242878     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000108     Document Type: Article

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