Projected implications of climate change for road safety in Greater Vancouver, Canada

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 613-629

  Hambly, Derrick ^a   Andrey, Jean ^a   Mills, Brian ^a   Fletcher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; EXTREME RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINFALL; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL FREQUENCY; VANCOUVER , CANADA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLISION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RISK FACTOR; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84872654037     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0499-0     Document Type: Article

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