Adaptation of interconnected infrastructures to climate change: Asocio-technical systems perspective

Utilities Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-17

  Chappin, Emile J L ^a   van der Lei, Telli ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Infrastructures; Literature review; Socio technical systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY STRATEGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84907735648     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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