Equity concerns in transportation infrastructure protection against sea level rise

Jiayun Sun, Aaron C.H. Chow and Samer Michel Madanat

Transport Policy, 2021, vol. 100, issue C, 81-88

Abstract: Waterfront communities are facing unprecedented challenges with global Sea Level Rise (SLR) becoming a reality. The households in these communities are likely to be inundated, and inundation of links in the urban transportation system will bring more interruptions to the communities. Some residents will not be able to access their workplaces or education if the transportation system is interrupted. Among these waterfront communities, many are considered disadvantaged communities that have concentrations of minority and low-income families. Residents in these communities are more vulnerable because they tend to be less able to relocate to other neighborhoods with lower risks of SLR.

Keywords: Transportation Equity; Sea level rise; Accessibility; Mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X20309057
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:trapol:v:100:y:2021:i:c:p:81-88

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/supportfaq.cws_home/regional
https://shop.elsevie ... _01_ooc_1&version=01

DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.10.006

Access Statistics for this article

Transport Policy is currently edited by Y. Hayashi

More articles in Transport Policy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().