Quantifying the influence of climate change to priorities for infrastructure projects

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-145

  You, Haowen ^a   Lambert, James H ^a   Clarens, Andres F ^a   McFarlane, Benjamin J ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Hampton Roads Planning District Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep uncertainty; infrastructure systems; risk analysis; robust decision making; transportation planning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEEP UNCERTAINTIES; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; ROBUST DECISIONS; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84893382552     PISSN: 21682216     EISSN: 21682232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2013.2248709     Document Type: Article

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