Road transport is one of the main contributors to increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, consequently aggravating global warming, but it is also one of the sectors that most suffer from climate change, which causes extreme weather events. Thus, strategies, also called adaptation measures, have been discussed to minimize the impacts of climate change on transport systems and their infrastructure; however, a knowledge gap is evident in the literature. Therefore, this article develops a systematic review with a bibliometric approach, still scarce in the literature, in renowned databases, focusing on studies developed on adaptation measures for road infrastructure. The results show that, since the development of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an increasing amount of studies on the theme have been published in recognized journals such as Science of the Total Environment, Energy and Buildings and Urban Climate, analyzing climate threats such as intense precipitations and high temperatures that have led to biophysical impacts such as flooding and urban heat island. In addition, for each type of adverse weather condition, many impacts on road infrastructure can be listed, as well as ways to detect these impacts, and adaptation measures that can be used to minimize these problems.
A infraestrutura de transporte rodoviário é um dos ativos que mais sofre e continuará sofrendo com os impactos da mudança climática, tendo em vista o prosseguimento do aquecimento global. Notadamente, as redes de transporte são essenciais para a economia e a sociedade e sua adaptação à mudança climática é necessária. Nesse sentido, este artigo tem como objetivo identificar os principais impactos de ameaças climáticas na infraestrutura de transporte rodoviário. Durante a revisão da literatura (fundamentada em buscas diretas em bases de dados e em buscas documentais), foi possível identificar cerca de 60 potenciais impactos das 12 ameaças climáticas analisadas, que acarretam prejuízos de diferentes magnitudes que vão desde danos mais superficiais no pavimento até colapso da plataforma rodoviária. Além disso, considerações importantes sobre medidas de adaptação são realizadas com atenção especial à Análise de Risco Climático e uma maior conscientização e engajamento de partes interessadas.
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