Adaptation to Climate Change in the Transport Sector

Koetse, Mark J.; Rietveld, Piet

doi:10.1080/01441647.2012.657716

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“…Despite all these pioneering attempts, the existing research on adapting transport to climate change is still scanty (i.e., Eisenack et al, 2012). Eisenack et al (2012) and Koetse & Rietveld (2012) systematically reviewed the literature on climate adaptation strategies in the transport sector. Although the sector has realised its social and economic vulnerability to climate change, up to now, adaptation to climate change in transportation has received insufficient attention, especially on specific adaptation measures.…”

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“…Although the sector has realised its social and economic vulnerability to climate change, up to now, adaptation to climate change in transportation has received insufficient attention, especially on specific adaptation measures. Most studies tended to focus on a medium-size set of case studies rather than systematic strategies, and meanwhile, the context of the existing adaptation literature was either overly general, conceptual adaptations or site-specific technical measures (Eisenack et al, 2012;Koetse & Rietveld, 2012). Only a few countries have implemented specific adaptation strategies at a national level, such as the UK (DEFRA, 2006; Committee on Climate Change, 2014; 2017), the USA (EPA, 2009;2014), the Netherlands (KFC, 2014;NAS, 2016) and Finland (Marttila et al, 2005;Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2014).…”

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“…Overall, although some recent studies have begun to cope with climate impacts (i.e., Peterson et al, 2008;Koetse & Rieveld, 2009), the existing research on climate impact on road freight in the UK has remained relatively unexplored (Jaroszweski, 2015). The lack of precise data on the current and potential impacts of climate change, as well as cost-benefit analysis, poses a significant challenge for transportation planners, which could potentially cause the failure of adaptation strategies in the transport sector (i.e., Koetse & Rietveld, 2012). Hence, we propose an extended climate risk analysis framework by utilising the FBR approach and collecting primary data through a nationwide survey to reveal the real climate risks in British roads.…”

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How can the UK road system be adapted to the impacts posed by climate change? By creating a climate adaptation framework

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Yang

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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How can the UK road system be adapted to the impacts posed by climate change? By creating a climate adaptation framework http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10349/ Article LJMU has developed LJMU Research Online for users to access the research output of the University more effectively.This paper aims to analyse the impacts of climate change to the current and predicted future situations of road transportation in the UK and evaluate the corresponding adaptation plans to cope with them. A conceptual framework of long-term adaptation planning for climate change in road systems is proposed to ensure the resilience and sustainability of road transport systems under various climate risks such as flooding and increased temperature. To do so, an advanced Fuzzy Bayesian Reasoning (FBR) model is first employed to evaluate the climate risks in the UK road transport networks. This modelling approach can tackle the high uncertainty in risk data and thus facilitate the development of the climate adaptation framework and its application in the UK road sector. To examine the feasibility of this model, a nationwide survey is conducted among the stakeholders to analyse the climate risks, in terms of the timeframe of climate threats, the likelihood of occurrence, the severity of consequences, and infrastructure resilience. From the modelling perspective, this work brings novelty by expanding the risk attribute "the severity of consequence" into three sub-attributes including economic loss, damage to the environment, and injuries and/or loss of life. It advances the-state-of-the-art technique in the current relevant literature from a single to multiple tier climate risk modelling structure. Secondly, an Evidential Reasoning (ER) approach is used to prioritise the best adaptation measure(s) by considering both the risk analysis results from the FBR and the implementation costs simultaneously. The main new contributions of this part lie in the rich raw data collected from the real world to provide useful practical insights for achieving road resilience when facing increasing climate risk challenges. During this process, a qualitative analysis of several national reports regarding the impacts posed by climate change, risk assessment and adaptation measures in the UK road sector is conducted for the relevant decision data (i.e. risk and cost). It is also supplemented by an in-depth interview with a senior planner from Highways England. The findings provide road planners and decision makers with useful insights on identification and prioritisation of climate threats as well as selection of costeffective climate adaptation measures to rationalise adaptation planning.

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Section: Case Study: Risks Analysis and Climate Change Adaptation Framentioning

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How can the UK road system be adapted to the impacts posed by climate change? By creating a climate adaptation framework

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Yang

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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“…Climate change will have substantial impacts on critical infrastructure systems such as transport. There is a need to build more resilience into transport networks by considering adaptation and mitigation measures (Koetse and Rietveld, ).…”

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An intelligent disaster decision support system for increasing the sustainability of transport networks

Rajabifard

Thompson

Chen

2015

Natural Resources Forum

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The increase in extreme weather events arising from climate change is posing serious threats to the sustainability of transport systems, creating the need for improved tools for decision support for more effectively managing natural disasters. There are numerous transport‐related decisions that are required during the response, recovery and preparedness stages of the disaster management cycle. This paper describes the development and application of the Intelligent Disaster Decision Support System (IDDSS), which provides a platform for integrating a vast range of road network, traffic, geographic, economic and meteorological data, as well as dynamic disaster and transport models. Initial applications to the response and planning for floods and fires are presented to illustrate some of its capabilities. The IDDSS can be used to improve disaster management, which in turn will increase the sustainability of transport networks.

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“…These indicators often fall short of the level of information needed to support transport project appraisal under increasing pressure to reduce the threat of climate change [20][21][22].…”

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Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

Kolosz

Grant-Muller

2016

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

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The appraisal of ITS systems has become increasingly important in order to capture their full range of potential impacts. The goal of this paper is therefore to assess the appropriateness of conventional transport appraisal models and tools for this task, particularly in reflecting the environmental and socio-economic impacts of ITS. These include the most common Environmental Systems Analysis tools (ESAT), which incorporate international standards and are of considerable importance in indicating sustainability. A review of how emerging methods relate to the goal of a successful transition to a low carbon future is reported, based on the literature. The appraisal of ITS is inherently uncertain due to the decentralised nature of Information Communication Technology (ICT), therefore a range of methods to capture this aspect are reviewed. The models, weights and methods are analysed concerning their ability to estimate sustainability performance, given the numerous configurations of ubiquitous technology that may comprise ITS services. Weighting methods are important in reflecting perceptions of how sustainability should be assessed. These can be incorporated by identifying, classifying and selecting one or more ESAT's based upon their suitability for a particular application. Finally, recommendations are given on which tools can be integrated to more comprehensively reflect the performance of ITS.

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Adaptation to Climate Change in the Transport Sector

Cited by 42 publications

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How can the UK road system be adapted to the impacts posed by climate change? By creating a climate adaptation framework

How can the UK road system be adapted to the impacts posed by climate change? By creating a climate adaptation framework

An intelligent disaster decision support system for increasing the sustainability of transport networks

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

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