Road transport sensitivities to weather and climate change in Australia

30th Australasian Transport Research Forum

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rowland, Bevan ^a   Davey, Jeremy ^a   Freeman, James ^a   Wishart, Darren ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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