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Addressing Climate Change Impacts on the Sustainable Provision of Transport Infrastructure and Services

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 6874

Special Issue Editors

School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: road and railway asset management
Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: transport geotechnics; innovative and marginal materials; infrastructure drainage; asset and risk management
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School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: urban infrastructure management; risk informed decision making; condition assessment; geophysical methods; digital twins
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
Interests: transport; infrastructure asset management; risk management; infrastructure decision making; transport safety; sustainable transport; whole life management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleague,

The focus of this Special Issue will be research on the sustainable provision of transport services and infrastructure which specially address climate change issues. Its scope includes theoretical modelling approaches and empirical studies associated with the financing, design, construction, maintenance, and management of transport services and infrastructure that address the impacts of climate change on the sustainable provision of transportation.

The impacts of climate change are a major concern on the provision of reliable, affordable, and safe transportation now and into the future and therefore the Special Issue seeks to inform the research community and practitioners alike of cutting edge research into the climate resilience of transportation.

The issue will provide a source of up-to-date research on the provision of climate resilient transportation. Specific areas of focus may include (but are not limited to)

  • Innovative financing approaches
  • New user charging models
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Behavioral models
  • Lessons learnt from Covid-19-associated research
  • Innovative design approaches
  • e-technologies
  • Life cycle cost analyses approaches
  • Drainage innovation
  • Disaster management approaches
  • The novel use and application of materials
  • Data and data management
  • Innovations in maintenance
  • Asset management approaches

Dr. Michael Burrow
Dr. Gurmel Ghataora
Dr. Mehran Eskandari Torbaghan
Dr. Manu Sasidharan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable transport
  • transport asset management
  • resilience
  • climate change adaptation
  • transportation engineering
  • infrastructure decision making

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Local Context of Climate Change Adaptation in the South-Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh
by Md Ashrafuzzaman
Sustainability 2023, 15(8), 6664; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15086664 - 14 Apr 2023
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This study was conducted in 12 unions of the Shyamnagar upazila in the Shatkira District, located in the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh (SWCRB). The inhabitants of the SWCRB are affected by different climate-influenced events such as high-intensity cyclones, saltwater intrusion, sea-level rise, [...] Read more.
This study was conducted in 12 unions of the Shyamnagar upazila in the Shatkira District, located in the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh (SWCRB). The inhabitants of the SWCRB are affected by different climate-influenced events such as high-intensity cyclones, saltwater intrusion, sea-level rise, and weather pattern-affected agriculture. This study focused on how the local inhabitants are coping with climate change using multilevel adaptation. A mixed approach of data collection, including quantitative and qualitative data, was followed for both primary and secondary sources. Individual-level data collection, key informant interviews, close-ended questions, focus groups, life history of SWCRB residents, and workshops were used to understand vulnerability and social perceptions at the local level. The findings indicated that multiple adaptation practices are employed by people in the SWCRB, such as rainwater harvesting, plantation of different rice varieties, gardening of indigenous vegetables, and pond sand filtering. However, the construction of multipurpose cyclone shelters along with coastal afforestation contributes to building resilience in the SWRCB from the socio-economic and environmental perspectives. Therefore, this study will help to find the most adequate strategy for climate change adaptation and sustainability. Full article
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Spatial Accessibility Assessment of Emergency Response of Urban Public Services in the Context of Pluvial Flooding Scenarios: The Case of Jiaozuo Urban Area, China
by Yongling Zhang, Xin Li, Nana Kong, Miao Zhou and Xiaobing Zhou
Sustainability 2022, 14(24), 16332; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su142416332 - 07 Dec 2022
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Urban pluvial flooding has become an important factor in urban casualties and economic losses, thus, there is an urgent need to strengthen urban emergency management research and improve emergency response capabilities to flooding. The SCS–CN hydrological model combined with GIS spatial analysis were [...] Read more.
Urban pluvial flooding has become an important factor in urban casualties and economic losses, thus, there is an urgent need to strengthen urban emergency management research and improve emergency response capabilities to flooding. The SCS–CN hydrological model combined with GIS spatial analysis were used to assess the spatial accessibility of the emergency response to key urban public services (medical and fire) for different pluvial flooding scenarios of the Jiaozuo urban area. The results show that the coverage area of the public service department (medical and fire) emergency response decreases as the period of pluvial flooding recurrence increases. The accessibility of the public service department (medical and fire services) emergency response shows a gradual decline from the center of the Jiaozuo urban area to the periphery. The depth and area of water accumulation in the northern part of the Zhongzhan District, the northeastern part of the Macun District, and the southwestern part of the Shanyang District gradually increased as the heavy rainfall recurrence period increased. Emergency response from public services (medical and fire services) could not arrive within 15 min. Full article
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Review of the Impacts of Climate Change on Ports and Harbours and Their Adaptation in Spain
by Nerea Portillo Juan, Vicente Negro Valdecantos and Jose María del Campo
Sustainability 2022, 14(12), 7507; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14127507 - 20 Jun 2022
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Climate change is one of the issues of greatest concern to today’s society. The increase in temperatures has affected sea levels, polar masses and extreme events, among others. There are many scientific studies that analyze the impacts of climate change on coastal communities, [...] Read more.
Climate change is one of the issues of greatest concern to today’s society. The increase in temperatures has affected sea levels, polar masses and extreme events, among others. There are many scientific studies that analyze the impacts of climate change on coastal communities, but most of them focus on beach erosion and coastal recession. Scientific literature on the effects of climate change on ports and harbors and their adaptation is much less abundant. Ports are essential for the economy and society of their cities, so studying the impact of climate change on them is an urgent need. The Mediterranean and the Spanish Mediterranean coast is one of the areas that will be most affected by climate change in the future. In addition, the Spanish economy depends a lot on its tourism and, thus, on its coastal cities. Therefore, the study of the impact of climate change on Spanish ports and coastal communities is essential. This article presents a review of the studies carried out until now on the effects of climate change on Spanish ports, and it identifies research gaps and weaknesses and suggests new research lines. Full article
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