Publications and Resources: Resilience in Transport

Publications and Resources: Resilience in Transport Sector

The table below provides highlight of the published work in field of resilience in transport Sector.

Title	Publisher /year	Thematic area / Keywords	Description	Links
Resilient Mobility	TRL	General, Infrastructure	Till date the international focus on climate change adaptation action has understandably been directed towards mitigating the vulnerabilities in those sectors which directly or indirectly affects the food, water and shelter value chain. However, little focus has been directed for the transport sector, which plays a vital role in the provision of the above mentioned fundamental services, which in itself susceptible towards aftermath of climate change. The Resilient Mobility initiative promotes actions and policy-making to develop robust transport networks, resilient to the future climate and extreme weather events.	Read more
Climate Change Risk Assessment for the Transport Sector (CCRA)	UK Government	Infrastructure, Climate change	The Transport Sector Report for the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA). It identifies the potential impacts of climate change on the UK transport systems, looking in more detail at some of the key impacts. The CCRA is a national review of climate change risks, which under the Climate Change Act 2008 is required to be carried out every five years.	Read more
Forecasting transportation infrastructure slope failures in a changing climate		Transport, Climate change, Network security	The changing climate will influence the way the UK transport network performs. An aspect of this are the potential changes in the modes and frequency of slope failures, both natural and constructed. Forecasting the future behaviour of infrastructure slopes will allow development of maintenance and management strategies that will result in increased resilience of the of the transport network	Read more
Assessing Transport Network Security in the Face of Climate Change	FUTURENET Team/ Jan 2012	Transport, Climate change, Network security	FUTURENET was a multi-partner, multi-disciplinary research project, investigating the development of a network resilience assessment methodology. It considers changes in climate and weather anticipated for 2050, and assesses the impact of these on the principal modes of transport (road, rail and air). It also seeks to create a generic methodology that might be applied to any transport network. The project finished in April 2013; the paper describes the work carried out to date, and proposed work for the future.	Read more
Financing the Resilient City	ICLEI/2011	Reducing Urban Risk, Financing	A white paper by ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) provides a strategy on adapting urban areas to climate change, focusing on the required finance. The report calls for mainstreaming climate and disaster risk reduction in planning processes, project design and development decision making; the development of specialised financial instruments and the improvement of local capacity for redevelopment.	Read more
The London Climate Change Strategy	Greater London Authority/ 2011	Reducing urban risk, infrastructure	This strategy identifies the key impacts of climate change on the city of London and the actions that are required to adapt.	Read more
Guidelines for Climate Proofing Investment in the Transport Sector: Road Infrastructure Projects	Asian Development bank/ 2011	Transport, climate change	This publication aims to present a step-by-step methodological approach to assist project teams to incorporate climate change adaptation measures into transport sector investment projects. While the focus of the publication is on the project level, an improved understanding of climate change impacts should also be used in the design of infrastructure planning and development policies and strategies to ensure appropriate resource allocation. Though the transport sector includes roads, waterways, rails, and airborne transport, this publication focuses solely on road infrastructure.	Read more
Building a Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Transport Sector	Asian Development bank/ 2009	Transport, Climate change, Low-carbon	Opening remarks by Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President, at the Transport and Climate Change Seminar on Responding to Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific, Copenhagen, Denmark	Read More
Decision Making in a changing Climate. Adaption, Challenges and Choices	World Resource Institute/ 2010-11	Decision making, Climate change	Recent extreme weather events including floods, heat waves, and droughts present a vivid image of the direction the world is heading towards. As climate change intensifies, more events like these, combined with long-term changes including rise in sea-levels, rapid melting of glaciers at the poles, and shifting of precipitation patterns — will have profound impacts on people, earth’s ecosystems and infrastructure. This publication explores five key elements—public engagement, decision-relevant information, institutional design, tools for planning and policymaking, and resources—that are expected to significantly strengthen the ability of any national government to make effective adaptation decisions.	Read More
Maintaining Pavements in a Changing Climate	TRL/2008	Technical, road maintenance, climate change	Climate change - and the extreme weather associated with it - is having a considerable impact on the UK's highways and pavements. This publication provides recommendations on how to reduce the risks associated with climate change by ensuring good construction and maintenance practice and using adaptive maintenance techniques. Also case studies demonstrating the impact that weather can have on highways are illustrated. Adaptive techniques already trialed, both in the UK and abroad, are used to illustrate the guidance.	Read more
Evaluating Transportation Resilience	VTPI/2014	Technical, Transport demand, Climate change	Resilience (also called reliability and risk management) refers to a system’s ability to accommodate variable and unexpected conditions without catastrophic failure, or “the capacity to absorb shocks gracefully” (Foster, 1993). Security refers to freedom from danger or fear, which is an important goal of resilience. These concepts have many implications for planning in general, and transportation planning in particular (Berdica, 2002; Husdal, 2005). Resilience can be evaluated at various levels.	Read More
Making Transport Resilient. Country Report: Ethiopia.	World Bank/2010	Infrastructure, climate change, report	This report is the output of the World Bank-financed study on Making Transport Climate Resilient for Ethiopia, which is a Sub-Saharan Africa initiative to respond to the impact of climate changes on road transport. The study is based on four climate scenarios selected by the World Bank consistent with the scenarios used in the study “Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change”.	Read More
Resilient Transportation systems in a post-disaster environment. A Case Study of Opportunities Realized and Missed in the Greater New Orleans Region	Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency/ 2010	Post-disaster, report	Based upon our research in Post-Katrina New Orleans, transportation resiliency is defined as a system’s ability to function before, during and after major disruptions through reliance upon multiple mobility options. The importance of a resilient transportation system becomes more apparent during disasters where multiple options for mobility are necessary for both passenger and goods movement due to the potential loss of one or more modes.	Read more
Adaptation to climate change in the transport sector	Klaus Eisenack,; Rebecca Stecker,; Diana Reckien,; Esther Hoffmann/ 2011	Transport, financing, climate change,	The paper identifies the literature that deals with adaptation to climate change in the transport sector by means of an extensive search, and presents a systematic review of the publications. The paper shows that a broad diversity of actors is relevant for adaptation in the transport sector – ranging from transportation service providers to public and private sector actors and private households. Most adaptations discussed in the literature require inputs in the form of technical means, institutional means, and knowledge. A substantial share of the identified adaptations follows a top-down adaptation policy pattern where a public or hybrid operator initiates action that affects private actors. The review shows that the existing literature either focuses on overly general and vague proposals, or on detailed technical measures. The paper concludes that the knowledge on adapting transport to climate change is still in a stage of infancy and suggests fields for further research.	Read more
National Infrastructure Protection Plan Partnering to enhance protection and resiliency	US Deptt for homeland security/ 2009	Technical, Climate Change, Risk on Transport	This report addresses the protection and resiliency of the critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) of the United States. It describes the authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel, outlines the CIKR Protection Program Strategy, examines DHS partnerships, and evaluates the long term efficacy of the CIKR Protection Program.	Read more
Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters	Stephanie E. Chang/ 2009	Infrastructure Resilience	Much of the early work on infrastructure in disasters was on understanding the mechanics of how components of infrastructure systems perform when subjected to extreme forces or conditions. This basic understanding was then extended to the performance of component assemblages. Studies ranged from field work to laboratory simulations with scale models and computer-based analyses. While these remain active areas of inquiry, new research themes have emerged to address some of the complexities of infrastructures, which include societal as well as technical issues. How, for instance, will the failure of one bridge affect businesses throughout the urban area that rely on the transportation system? How will the failure of one infrastructure system disrupt other infrastructure systems? How can repairs following a disaster be planned so they minimize social and economic losses? Such questions have prompted research that is, by necessity, interdisciplinary which is the focus of this report.	Read More
Climate change plans and infrastructure in Asian Cities	Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities and the Cities Development Initiative for Asia/2012	Climate Change, Infrastructure	This regional study of 900 cities gives an insight into climate change priorities in urban policies, plans and investments of Asian cities.	Read more
Structural resilience of core port infrastructure in a changing climate	RMIT University/2013	Climate Change, Resilience, Sea Ports	This document identifies key port infrastructure elements affected by climate change; the document investigates the deterioration mechanisms relevant to these structural components, and forecasts the rate of deterioration of structures over a period for which climate scientists could provide the necessary projections. The output is presented in the form of a software tool which addresses a number of deterioration mechanisms which affect port structures, according to six different climate futures. This will allow a port engineer to ascertain the changes needed in maintenance of port infrastructure over a 70-year time horizon.	Read more
Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban System and Vulnerabilities	US Deptt of Energy/ 2012	Climate Change, Infrastructure	The central theme of the report is that vulnerabilities and impacts are issues beyond physical infrastructures themselves. The concern is with the value of services provided by infrastructures, where the true consequences of impacts and disruptions involve not only the costs associated with the clean-up, repair, and/or replacement of affected infrastructures but also economic, social, and environmental effects as supply chains are disrupted, economic activities are suspended, and/or social well-being is threatened.	Read More
Building Resilience into Fragile Transportation Network	Anna Nagurney/ 2011	Climate Change, Transport, Disaster Recovery	Presentation given by Anna Nagurney at the 90th annual meeting of TRB in 2011. The main aim of the presentation was to highlight the importance of Building Resilience into Fragile Transportation Network in an era of increasing disasters.	Read more
A guide to planning resources on transportation and hazards	TRB/2009	Planning and Administration, Operations and Safety, Aviation, Public Transit, Rail, Freight Transportation, Marine Transportation, Security	TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) jointly released “A Guide to Planning Resources on Transportation and Hazards”. The report highlights a framework for thinking about the stages of a disaster, and identifies some of the most current and innovative hazard-related research.	Read more
National Climate Change Assessment: Transportation Chapter	U.S. Global Change Research Program	Climate Change, Adaption, Risk, Financial Risk	The U.S. Global Change Research Program has released a report that has a chapter about the effects of climate change on the transportation sector—including on fixed node infrastructure, fixed route infrastructure, and different types of vehicles.	Read More