Abstract

Vulnerability of UK Transport Systems to Extreme Weather
Track: Climate Change
Authors: Ross Carter

Arup assisted Transport Systems Catapult to undertake a high level assessment of the UK transport network’s resilience to flooding, high winds and landslide. GIS was used to identify regions where multiple failures of the road and rail network might result in major dislocation of transport and economic activity. The limited time available required the use of mainly publicly available data. Individual vulnerability scores were calculated and combined to produce an overall vulnerability index.