IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON TRANSPORTATION LIFELINES

The study attempts top determine the actual cost of, and damage done to transportation facilities as a result of natural disasters between 1971 and 1981. It uses national data and empirical analysis to quantify the impact of various types of disasters on transportation lifelines. Its aims are: to define key issues of policy, and also data and knowledge gaps in the field of disaster impacts; to prepare a transportation damage data base; to conduct preliminary analyses of the data base; to identify a set of important next-step research questions; and to identify the general vulnerability (i.e., damage) to transportation systems and infrastructure resulting from natural disasters.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Ross, C L
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: 176 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters; Economic impacts; Facilities; Infrastructure; Loss and damage; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487923
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSF/ENG-88033
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM