Climate change and road freight safety: A multidisciplinary exploration

Climatic Change

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 785-799

  Jaroszweski, David ^a   Chapman, Lee ^a   Petts, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; ROAD TRANSPORT NETWORKS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS;

ACCIDENTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCIDENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DELPHI ANALYSIS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884701856     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0836-y     Document Type: Article

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