Adaptation to climate change in the transport sector: A review of actions and actors

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-469

  Eisenack, Klaus ^a   Stecker, Rebecca ^a   Reckien, Diana ^b   Hoffmann, Esther ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I W)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business sector adaptation; Infrastructure; Mode of transportation; Public sector adaptation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84860359200     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9336-4     Document Type: Review

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