Planning resilient roads for the future environment and climate change: Quantifying the vulnerability of the primary transport infrastructure system in Mexico

Transport Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-86

  Espinet, Xavier ^a   Schweikert, Amy ^a   van den Heever, Nicola ^a   Chinowsky, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mexico; Resilience; Roads; Transport planning; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MAINTENANCE; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84975742362     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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