Features
Improving Resilience of Road Networks - Framework
Rade Hajdin Ph. D., President IMC GmbH, Switzerland, Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
David K. Hein P.Eng., Independent Consultant, Canada
Christian Honeger Head of Department Asset Management, ASFINAG, Austria
Nikola Tanasić Ph. D., Project Manager, IMC GmbH, Germany
Sustainable development of societies is increasingly relying on unrestricted performance of terrestrial transportation networks. However, the recent sudden failures of the Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy [1], a suspension bridge in France [2] and the Ponte di Caprigliola bridge in Liguria, Italy [3], are painful reminders of oncoming threats to performance of traffic networks. These reminders are fortunately quite rare, but they emphasize the need to ensure safe and reliable infrastructure, by continuous improvements of maintenance planning.
- Resilience Aspects
- Toronto’s Flood Resilience Strategy
- Flood Resilient Toronto Project
- Identification of Challenges
- Potential Solutions
- Workshop and Flood Resilient Toronto Charter
- Workplan
- Current implementation status
- Management of Natural Hazards to Protect the High-volume Road Network in Austria
- Conclusion
- References