ARTICLE
TITLE

Vulnerability of Airports on Climate Change: An Assessment Methodology

SUMMARY

The French technical center for civil aviation (STAC) conducted a three step study in order to provide airport operators with a consistent assessment methodology for the evaluation of airports’ vulnerability to climate change. This paper aims at presenting the development of the vulnerability assessment method and highlighting the main steps to be conducted to perform a vulnerability assessment study to climate change.

PAGES
pp. 24 - 31
COLLECTIONS
Public health

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