Risk-Informed investment for tropical cyclone preparedness of highway signs, signals, and lights

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 384-394

  Lambert, James H ^a   Tsang, Joshua L ^a   Thekdi, Shital A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Highway engineering; Highway lighting; Highway signals; Highway signs; Hurricane preparedness; Multiobjective trade off analysis; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED COSTS; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS; MULTIOBJECTIVE TRADEOFF ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS; WIDESPREAD DAMAGE;

DISASTER PREVENTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HURRICANES; INVESTMENTS; RISK ANALYSIS; STORMS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRAFFIC SIGNS; TRANSPORTATION;

EQUIPMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; INVESTMENT; PLANNING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888020382     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000142     Document Type: Article

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