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Improving Resilience of Road Networks – Case Studies
Jack Hansby Manager Tactical Asset Investment, Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency
João Morgado Asset Information Manager, Infraestruturas de Portugal, Portugal
Goran Mladenović Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Calado Ouana Head of Department of Road Network Management, National Administration of Roads, Mozambique
Fabián Schvartzer Managing Director, PEESA, Argentina
Rongji Cao Vice-President, JSTI Group, China
In the recent years, natural hazards have been responsible for numerous failures of infrastructure assets and significant consequences thereof in terms of traffic disruptions and associated economic losses. It is seen that climate change and its associated impacts lead to more frequent and intensive gravitational hazards, such as flooding, avalanches, landslides, rockfall, etc. By the end of this century, some regions in Southern Europe will be exposed annually to at least one climate hazard with a current 100-year intensity. The effect will be however less pronounced in Central and Northern Europe [1].