A new scheme for evaluating road projects by considering their effects after disasters

Nouveau systeme d'evaluation des projets routiers au regard des catastrophes

This article presents the challenges faced following the great earthquake of March 2011, with a magnitude of 9.0 in the northeastern area of Japan. The lack of consideration of the use of roads during times of disaster recovery as a factor for evaluation for road projects and budget allocation has led the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to develop a tentative scheme which does this very thing - evaluates road projects by considering their effects on rescue and recovery efforts after a disaster. This new scheme is outlined in this article, and an example is provided of its application to new road projects in areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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• Authors:
  • Tamura, Tohru
  • Sekiya, Hirotaka
  • Goto, Tejii
  • Yamada, Tetsuya
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English
• French

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 72-79
• Serial:
  • Routes/Roads
  • Issue Number: 356
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)
  • ISSN: 0004-556X
  • Serial URL: http://www.piarc.org/en/publications/Routes-Roads-Magazine/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Disaster relief; Evaluation; Search and rescue operations
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01469862
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 17 2013 1:49PM