Disaster Risk Management in the Transport Sector : A Review of Concepts and International Case Studies
Natural hazards regularly impact the performance of transport systems and their ability to provide safe, reliable, efficient, and accessible means of transport for all citizens, especially in emergency situations. Despite the frequency of natural hazards, and the threat of more extreme and vari...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24818067/disaster-risk-management-transport-sector-review-concepts-international-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22365 |
| Summary: | Natural hazards regularly impact the performance of
transport systems and their ability to provide safe,
reliable, efficient, and accessible means of transport
for all citizens, especially in emergency situations.
Despite the frequency of natural hazards, and the
threat of more extreme and variable weather as a
result of climate change, there is still no systematic
approach to addressing natural disasters in the
transport sector and there is little knowledge that has
been disseminated on this topic. This report offers a
framework for understanding the principles of
resilience in transport. It provides practical examples,
gathered from an extensive secondary literature
review and interviews, of the measures that transport
professional can implement in transport projects. |
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