New publication by PhD candidate Hossein Nasrazadani in the Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Prof. Bryan T. Adey's Chair of Infrastructure Management congratulates PhD candidate Hossein Nasrazadani on the publication of the article “On the use of simulations to evaluate adaptation measures to enhance the resilience of transportation systems to hydro-meteorological events” in the Journal of Infrastructure Systems.
In this article, Hossein Nasrazadani identifies the essential requirements for simulation-based approaches such that these approaches serve as effective decision support tools for evaluating the effectiveness of climate-adaptation measures that enhance the resilience of transport systems against hydrometeorological events.
These needs include the ability to capture:
- the effect of different types of measures,
- the spatial and temporal possibilities of their execution,
- their aggregate effect when executed together, and
- the effect of uncertainties in their evaluation.
A novel simulation-based approach that meets the identified needs is presented and its application shown using a case study in Switzerland, comprising 605km of roads and 121 bridges, subject to rainfall events leading to flooding and landslide. The proposed approach enables infrastructure managers to have an appropriate quantitative evaluation to better devise and plan interventions with the aim of cost efficiently improving resilience.
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