Assessing the adaptive capacity of hospital facilities to cope with climate-related extreme weather events: A risk management approach

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2008 - Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1145-1154

  Carthey, Jane ^a   Chandra, Venny ^a   Loosemore, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset management; Climate change; Extreme weather events; Hospitals; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; ADAPTIVE STRATEGY; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861155735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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