Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment of a Road Network
Transport infrastructures are fundamental in assuring accessibility in a country and encouraging economic and social development. A transport system often results extremely vulnerable to disasters caused by natural or human events. The assessment of risk of a transport network is a wide and relatively new field of research: vulnerability assessment of a transport network is part of it. Starting with a brief introduction on recent studies in this field, the paper illustrates a methodology and an index for assessing the vulnerability of links of a road network due to natural hazards. The index is the sum of two indicators which take into account the territorial consequences caused by a link failure and the possibility that this link may have to be used during rescue operations. In the conclusion the analytical approach and the vulnerability index are applied to an existing road network located in Sardinia (Italy), and compared with others present in literature.
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- Copyright © 2012 ASCE
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Authors:
- Maltinti, F
- Melis, D
- Annunziata, F
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Conference:
- The International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction 2011: ICSDC 2011: Integrating Sustainability Practices in the Construction Industry
- Location: Kansas City MO, United States
- Date: 2011-3-23 to 2011-3-25
- Publication Date: 2011
Language
- English
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Infrastructure; Risk assessment; Sustainable development; Transportation
- Subject Areas: Economics; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01367832
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 978-0-7844-1204-6
- Files: TRIS, ASCE
- Created Date: Apr 13 2012 10:07AM