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Title: | Assessing climate change vulnerability of coastal roads |
Authors: | Rocchi, Lucia Rizzo, Anthony G. Paolotti, Luisa Boggia, Antonio Attard, Maria |
Keywords: | Coasts -- Malta Roads -- Malta Sustainable engineering -- Malta Climatic changes -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Citation: | Rocchi, L., Rizzo, A. G., Paolotti, L., Boggia, A., & Attard, M. (2024). Assessing climate change vulnerability of coastal roads. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 29(5), 43. |
Abstract: | Climate change is a global phenomenon, which affects in several ways different regions all around the world, beyond the rise in global temperature. Among the different climate change issues, the management of transport infrastructures is crucial. Particularly, their vulnerability against changes in climatic conditions should be assessed. Vulnerability indicators are based on the IPCC concept of vulnerability and can be defined as a function of Climate Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity. These dimensions need to be addressed during the assessment making and can be modelled as a Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) problem. This study proposes an integrated approach of several MCDA methods as a possible tool for ranking the climate change vulnerability of coastal roads in Malta. The application covers six coastal roads in the islands of Malta, classified by three different MCDA methods. The results indicate that the proposed approach can produce a consistent ranking of the climate change vulnerability of coastal roads. The study provides policy and decision-makers with a definition of a coastal road, an inventory of such roads, a list of climate change impacts, and a mathematical model incorporating climate change vulnerability indicators. The model can be used to prioritize investment and plan climate change adaptation strategies for infrastructural works on coastal roads. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123401 |
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