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

Xavier Espinet, Amy Schweikert, Nicola van den Heever and Paul Chinowsky

Transport Policy, 2016, vol. 50, issue C, 78-86

Abstract: Climate projections predict an increase in future climate variability. To ensure economically, socially and environmentally responsible transportation planning, it is necessary to consider future weather variations driven by climate change. Despite growing evidence that considering climatic changes is an imperative for resilient future infrastructure, management agencies rarely incorporate climate change into decision-making processes. One reason is the lack of tangible information and tools to help predict and plan for future conditions.

Keywords: Roads; Transport planning; Climate change; Resilience; Vulnerability; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.06.003

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