Climate change impacts on mode choices and travelled distances: a comparison of present with 2050 weather conditions for the Randstad Holland

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-185

  Böcker, Lars ^a   Prillwitz, Jan ^a   Dijst, Martin ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mode choice; Netherlands; Transportation; Travel distance; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870337806     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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