We need to prepare our transport systems for heatwaves — here’s how

We need to prepare our transport systems for heatwaves — here’s how

Melting roads and buckling rails are disrupting travel, with the most vulnerable populations affected the worst. A concerted approach is needed to keep people moving as the world gets hotter. Melting roads and buckling rails are disrupting travel, with the most vulnerable populations affected the wo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2024-08, Vol.632 (8024), p.253-256
Hauptverfasser: Ukkusuri, Satish V., Park, Sang Ung, Mittal, Shagun, Chapman, Lee, Manoli, Gabriele, Santos, Andrea, Jones, Nicholas K. W., Avner, Paolo, Romero, Natalia
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Sprache:eng
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Climate change
Comment
Disease control
Emergency preparedness
Emergency response
Green buildings
Green roofs
Heat
Heat waves
Humanities and Social Sciences
Information systems
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Living conditions
Low income groups
multidisciplinary
Planning
R&D
Radiation
Research & development
Roads & highways
Science
Sensors
Task forces
Technological change
Temperature
Transportation systems
Tree planting
Weather
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Zusammenfassung:Melting roads and buckling rails are disrupting travel, with the most vulnerable populations affected the worst. A concerted approach is needed to keep people moving as the world gets hotter. Melting roads and buckling rails are disrupting travel, with the most vulnerable populations affected the worst. A concerted approach is needed to keep people moving as the world gets hotter.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-024-02538-8