Increasing cryospheric hazards in a warming climate

Y Ding, C Mu, T Wu, G Hu, D Zou, D Wang, W Li… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The cryosphere is an important component of the global climate system. Cryospheric
components are sensitive to climate warming, and changes in the cryosphere can lead to …

Environmental factors affecting the frequency of road traffic accidents: a case study of sub-urban area of Pakistan

HM Hammad, M Ashraf, F Abbas, HF Bakhat… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are among the life-threatening issues facing rural as well as
sub-/urban communities. Several factors contribute to RTAs ranging from human to technical …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of flooding on road transport: A depth-disruption function

M Pregnolato, A Ford, SM Wilkinson… - … research part D: transport …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transport networks underpin economic activity by enabling the movement of goods and
people. During extreme weather events transport infrastructure can be directly or indirectly …

[HTML][HTML] Accident risk of road and weather conditions on different road types

F Malin, I Norros, S Innamaa - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019 - Elsevier
This study was designed to investigate the relative accident risk of different road weather
conditions and combinations of conditions. The study applied a recently developed method …

The impact of climate change and weather on transport: An overview of empirical findings

MJ Koetse, P Rietveld - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper presents a survey of the empirical literature on the effects of climate change and
weather conditions on the transport sector. Despite mixed evidence on many issues, several …

The effects of road-surface conditions, age, and gender on driver-injury severities

A Morgan, FL Mannering - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2011 - Elsevier
Drivers' adaptation to weather-induced changes in roadway-surface conditions is a complex
process that can potentially be influenced by many factors including age and gender. Using …

Effects of adverse weather on traffic crashes: systematic review and meta-analysis

L Qiu, WA Nixon - Transportation Research Record, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Adverse weather obviously has an impact on vehicle crash rates on roads and highways.
However, it would be valuable to quantify the extent to which weather conditions affect the …

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

M Pregnolato, A Ford, V Glenis, S Wilkinson… - Journal of …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Short-duration, high-intensity rainfall causes significant disruption to transport operations,
and climate change is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of these events …

The association of rainfall and other weather variables with road traffic volume in Melbourne, Australia

K Keay, I Simmonds - Accident analysis & prevention, 2005 - Elsevier
An investigation into the effect of weather variables on traffic flow at a site in Melbourne,
Australia, for the period 1989–1996 was performed. Rainfall was the strongest correlated …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the impact of weather on traffic intensity

M Cools, E Moons, G Wets - Weather, Climate, and Society, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper focuses on the effect of weather conditions on daily traffic intensities (the number
of cars passing a specific segment of a road). The main objective is to examination whether …