Adaptation strategies of transport infrastructures to global climate change

Transport Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-166

  Rattanachot, Wit ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^b   Chong, Dan ^b   Suwansawas, Suchatvee ^c  

^a Department of Rural Highways ^*  (Thailand)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Climate change; Life cycle cost analysis; Policy development; Rural roads

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA; HONG KONG; THAILAND;

EID: 84939416600     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879-310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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