Climate change adaptation advantage for African road infrastructure

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 345-361

  Chinowsky, Paul ^a   Schweikert, Amy ^b   Strzepek, Niko ^b   Manahan, Kyle ^b   Strzepek, Kenneth ^c   Schlosser, C Adam ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; REGIONAL PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLANS; LONG TERM PLANNING; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVENTORY; LIABILITY; MITIGATION; POLICY MAKING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84873720600     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0536-z     Document Type: Article

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