Investigating the impact of maintenance regimes on the design life of road pavements in a changing climate and the implications for transport policy

Transport Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-135

  Taylor, Michael A P ^a   Philp, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Maintenance; Mathematical modelling; Road pavement degradation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESIGN; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAVEMENT; POLICY APPROACH; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84939416759     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879-310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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