Impacts of high-intensity storms on urban transportation: applying traffic flow control methodologies for quantifying the effects

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2145-2154

  Mitsakis, E ^a   Stamos, I ^a   Diakakis, M ^b   Salanova Grau, J M ^a  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme weather events; Flooding; Traffic flow control; Urban freight transport; Urban transportation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROPS; EXTREME WEATHER; FLOODS; FLOW CONTROL; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; OIL WELL FLOODING; STORMS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; VEHICLES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTERS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; URBAN FREIGHT TRANSPORT; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84912547510     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-014-0573-4     Document Type: Article

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