We need to prepare our transport systems for heatwaves - here's how

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Ukkusuri, Satish V.; Park, Sang Ung; Mittal, Shagun; Chapman, Lee; Manoli, Gabriele; Santos, Andrea; Jones, Nicholas K. W.; Avner, Paolo; Romero, Natalia
• 署名单位: Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Birmingham; University of Birmingham; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; The World Bank; The World Bank
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-4805
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-02538-8
• 发表日期: 2024-08-08
• 页码: 253-256
• 关键词: risk; heat

摘要

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.