Climate Proofing Timor-Leste's Roads
Dueñas, Maria Christina; Chen, Chen | May 2010
Abstract
When climatic changes impact roads to the point that their closure or threatened disappearance becomes commonplace, climate change risks should logically be considered in a rehabilitation project. In a pilot, this is just what Timor-Leste and ADB are learning to do.
Citation
Dueñas, Maria Christina; Chen, Chen. 2010. Climate Proofing Timor-Leste's Roads. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/548. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Transport
Transportation
Trade
Trade Facilitation
Trade Potential
Trade Development
Trade Agreements
Regional Trade Integration
Regional Trade
Finance And Trade
Demand For Transport
Road & Highway Transport
Road Transportation Systems
Transport Infrastructure
Economic integration
Economic integration
Energy
Import volume
Export volume
Access to markets
Economic agreements
Trade financing
Regional integration
Vehicle
Land transport
Transport economics
Railways
Infrastructure
Railroads
Roads
Trade routes
Markets
Economic goods
Economic conditions
New agricultural enterprises
Consumer goods
Road transportation
Trucking
Railroads
Roads
Trade routes
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