Implementation Projects: Resilience in Transport Sector

Implementation Projects: Resilience in Transport Sector

The table below provides information on the implementation work that has been undertaken in field of Transport Resilience.

Title	Thematic area / keywords	Description	Links
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Pilots (Impact region:USA)	Climate Change, Risk on Transport	The objective of the project funded by Department of Transport (DOT) is to conduct a pilot Conceptual Model that can be used in conducting vulnerability and risk assessments of infrastructure to the projected impacts of global climate change (GCC). The purpose of the pilots was twofolds; 1) to assist State DOTs to quickly advance existing adaptation assessment activities and 2) to assist Fedral Highway Administration (FHWA) in "test-driving" the model. Based on the feedback received through the pilots, FHWA will revise and finalize the model for national application.	Read More
Bangladesh: Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP) Impact Region: Bangladesh	Climate Change, Infrastructure, Road maintenance	The goal of CCRIP is to achieve improved livelihoods, in the form of higher incomes and food security, for poor households in the selected Sub Districts of Bangladesh. The project development objective is to achieve enhanced climate resilience of coastal road and market infrastructure and people in the project area.	Read More
Transport Sector Development Project Impact Region: Solomon Islands	Road maintenance, Transport Infrastructure	The project is aimed towards improving access to socioeconomic opportunities by rehabilitating and maintaining land, sea, and air transport infrastructure. Solomon Islands has been offered significant parallel grant co-financing from the governments of Australia and New Zealand but has insufficient capacity to plan and implement the necessary civil works. The project will therefore strengthen transport sector institutions by establishing a central project implementation unit (CPIU) to reform the government's institutional structure, implement civil works, and conduct technical and managerial capacity development	Read more
Resilient Transportation Systems in a Post-Disaster Environment: A Case Study of Opportunities Realized and Missed in the Greater New Orleans Region, 2010 Impact Region: USA	Climate Change, Transport	This project uses the New Orleans Region as a case study to assess transportation resiliency both pre and post- Katrina, the devastating storm of 2005. Using the Katrina experience as a point of reference, the project aims to understand how the New Orleans region progressed in terms of transportation resiliency. Pre–event planning and post-event recovery highlighted the importance of a transportation system’s ability to withstand the stresses associated with a catastrophe of this magnitude. In order to review the system as a whole, the study focused on pre-storm transportation and policy composition, the failures that resulted from the event, and what policy changes have strengthened the post-storm transportation system. “Lessons learned” and key policies in both the public and private sector post-disaster are highlighted. Inputs from planning and government officials were also used to identify policy and procedural changes that affected both evacuation and disaster response.	Read More
Climate Resilience in Cities in the Greater Mekong Sub-region Impact Regions: Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR	Climate change adaptation planning, Climate change impact and vulnerability assessments, Climate change modeling, Community engagement, GIS and spatial analysis, Mainstreaming environment and climate change	This ADB project is designed to assist Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) cities to increase their understanding of climate change impacts and adaptation, to promote ‘climate resilient’ development. ICEM will conduct a climate change threat and vulnerability assessment in the towns of Battambang (Cambodia), Dong Ha (Vietnam), and Kaysone Phomvihane (Lao PDR), focussing on critical infrastructure. Through knowledge-sharing events and policy dialogues on climate change risks and adaptation, participating towns will learn about climate change impacts on critical infrastructure and the tools and processes necessary to adapt to climate change, tailored to their unique circumstances. The information and lessons learnt will be synthesized into a handbook, outlining good adaptation practices from the region and internationally.	Read More