Impact of climate change on disruption to Urban transport networks from pluvial flooding

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Pregnolato, Maria ^a   Ford, Alistair ^a   Glenis, Vassilis ^a   Wilkinson, Sean ^a   Dawson, Richard ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; FLOODS; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; PLUVIAL FLOODING; SHORT DURATIONS; TRANSPORT OPERATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RAINFALL; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ENGLAND; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85019224821     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000372     Document Type: Article

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