Effects of Climate Change on Road Infrastructure and Development of Adaptation Measures

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Rahman, Anisur

Chai, Wing

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Staden, Rudi Van

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2017
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The primary aim of the research work is to focus on the effects of climate change for maintaining physical infrastructures (i.e. such as buildings, dams, bridges, road pavements and other road infrastructures). As infrastructure requires major investment, it is important to build necessary management system to cope with future changes. This means that recognition of likely climate change impacts and appropriate adaptation measures are critical. However, most infrastructures has been designed, built and maintained on the premise that the future climate will be similar to that experienced in the past. Since the occurrence of the most recent climate disasters in Queensland, Australia, it has become mandatory to put especial policies for design and maintenance purposes of infrastructures . Recognition of the risks associated with climate change is a valuable initial step towards improved planning of new infrastructure investments and mitigating. Road infrastructure especially pavement requires special type of maintenance policy as the material of pavement like bitumen is very much sensitive to these types of effects such as moisture or temperature.

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Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

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Griffith School of Engineering

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Road Infrastructure, Climatic conditions

Climate change

Road pavements, Climatic conditions

Bridges, Climatic conditions

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