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- 2Climate change
- 2Real options model
- 2Transportation investment decision analysis
- 1Airport infrastructure
- 1All-weather road project staging
- 3Kim, Amy M.
- 2Li, Huanan
- 1Jin, Jianjing
- 1Kim, A. M.
- 1Ohi, Sabrena Jahan
- 1This work was sponsored by Transport Canada’s NEXTAW (Network of Expertise on Transportation in Arctic Waters) initiative. We would like to thank NTCL for providing freight volumes data, and the Government of the Northwest Territories for their enthusiastic and extensive support. We would also like to thank Dr. Thian Gan for providing Mackenzie River stream flow simulation results.
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2020-05-17
Ohi, Sabrena Jahan, Kim, Amy M.
This paper explores the application of count models to represent the relationship between flight disruptions and weather. Throughout the world, flights are regularly disrupted by delays at airports and in the terminal airspace, and less frequently by diversions and cancelations. Many delay...
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Incorporating the impacts of climate change in transportation infrastructure decision models.
Download2020-04-01
Historically an important transportation corridor in the Northwest Territories, climate change has shortened the duration of the Mackenzie River’s navigational season. Communities rely increasingly on airlift as the growing volatility affects barging operations, leading to higher overall freight...
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Rethinking business-as-usual: Mackenzie River freight transport in the context of climate change impacts in northern Canada
Download2019-11-07
The Mackenzie River is a major transportation route serving many remote northern Canadian communities and mining sites. The river is only navigable during the summer and early fall, when clear of ice. However, the river’s water conditions have changed significantly in recent years, and are...
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Transportation Infrastructure Decision Flexibility in Response to Climate Change and Demand Uncertainties: The Mackenzie Valley Highway in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Download2022-03-01
Li, Huanan, Kim, Amy M., Jin, Jianjing
Barge transport operations on the Mackenzie River, a major transportation corridor in the Northwest Territories, are impacted by multiple sources of uncertainties. In particular, the impacts of climate change on this important corridor have led to summer shipping seasons that are growing more...