Adaptation to Climate Change in the Transport Sector

Transport Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-286

  Koetse, Mark J ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84860113753     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2012.657716     Document Type: Review

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