Climate change and infrastructure impacts: Comparing the impact on roads in ten countries through 2100

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 306-316

  Schweikert, Amy ^a   Chinowsky, Paul ^a   Espinet, Xavier ^a   Tarbert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Developed countries; Developing countries; Risk; Road infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; LOCATION; MAINTENANCE; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MODELING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84914175026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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