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Building climate resilience of UK’s rail network through a multihazard approach
journal contribution
posted on 2019-02-01, 09:38 authored by Alex Green, Ksenia ChmutinaKsenia ChmutinaClimate projections suggest the UK will be increasingly affected by climate-induced hazards in the
future, exacerbating the potential for multi-hazard events to occur. This paper explores the extent to
which climate resilience is being embedded in current and future rail transport infrastructure projects in
London through use of a multi-hazard approach. It concludes that a multi-hazard approach is a relatively
new concept and is therefore not currently being considered widely; however, opportunities for decision
makers to explore its value to mitigate climate risks through collaborative working and further research
exist – this paper recommends that two main stages are required to achieve this. Route 1 requires
climate/hazard experts to identify and characterise the different hazard interactions that could occur,
including their impact on the UK/London. Following this, Route 2 involves the creation of multidisciplinary workshops to identify any multi-hazard vulnerabilities associated with different rail assets –
potentially highlighting areas where further research is required. The paper concludes that although a
London rail context has been adopted in order to understand the relevance of a multi-hazard approach,
there is opportunity for it to be considered across many different sectors in the UK and the wider civil
engineering industry.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering SustainabilityVolume
172Issue
8Pages
450 - 458Citation
GREEN, A. and CHMUTINA, K., 2019. Building climate resilience of UK’s rail network through a multihazard approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 172 (8), pp.450-458.Publisher
© ICE PublishingVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.18.00031Acceptance date
2018-12-20Publication date
2018-12-20Copyright date
2019ISSN
1478-4629eISSN
1751-7680Publisher version
Language
- en