Measuring vulnerability of road network considering the extent of serviceability of critical road links in urban areas

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-155

  Balijepalli, Chandra ^a   Oppong, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degraded network; Emergency response plan; Serviceability; Traffic diversion plan; Traffic network modelling; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FLOODING; GIS; ROAD; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT; VULNERABILITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YORK [ENGLAND]; YORK [YORK (ADS)];

EID: 84904913937     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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