The freight and logistics sector is of significant importance as an enabler and driver of the global economy, but it is also inherently vulnerable to hazardous weather. Despite this, there is currently no quantitative assessment of how climate change may affect the sector. This paper applies...

This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the 'Transport & Climate Change' session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on...

Due to the more pressing need, the majority of material in this book has dealt with mitigation; interventions to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases ( IPCC, 2001 ) away from a scenario of ‘business as usual’. An early academic review on climate change mitigation and transport appeared in...

Purpose – To investigate the potential impacts of future climate change in the United Kingdom on its road and rail networks. Methodology/approach – The climate change impacts of increasing summer temperatures, decreasing winter temperatures, increased heavy precipitation, greater numbers of...

Climate change is recognised as one of the greatest challenges that contemporary global society faces. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report ( 2007 ) states that it is ‘very likely’ that anthropogenic global warming will result in a temperature rise of...

Dense networks of weather stations in urban areas are now becoming an increasingly common, but expensive way of monitoring the urban climate. The expense is not only related to the initial deployment of the network, but also the ongoing maintenance which can be increasingly problematic if...