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3531. Optimal Transportation Infrastructure Protection Investment Timing for Climate Change
Invited abstract in session MD-53: Disaster & Emergency Management, stream Sustainable and Resilient Systems.
Monday, 14:30-16:00Room: 8007 (building: 202)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Elise Miller-Hooks
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| Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University | |
| 2. | Ashkan Zare Hadesh
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| Civil, Env. & Inf. Engineering, George Mason University |
Abstract
Protecting coastal roadways and other transportation infrastructure from the impacts of climate change is crucial to the long-term performance of transportation networks and the welfare of the communities they support. Climate change is responsible for sea-level rise, increased storm intensity and frequency, and larger storm surge events. Actions, like building seawalls and elevating streets or rail, are typical engineering methods for mitigating the impacts of these changes and related events. These actions often involve major capital investments and implementation schedules. Thus, it is critical to determine a best protective investment strategy and strategy implementation timing. This talk will describe OR-based methods for creating an implementable tool to support the taking of timely capital investment decisions toward transportation system protection against uncertain coastal flooding events and other risks of SLR and changing climate conditions.
Keywords
- Decision Support Systems
- OR in Environment and Climate change
- Sustainable Development
Status: accepted
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