A variety of resources will be generated during the course of the project, designed to be of use to different audiences. These will cover publications and deliverables produced as the project progresses, scientific papers and training materials for end users.
Project Deliverables
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D4.3 - Resource training pack - March 2024
Training materials
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1) Introduction
Introduction to the ICARUS project
Understand how all ICARUS results align to answer the key objectives of the project: to improve the uptake of climate change adaptation in the decision making of road authorities.
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1.1 Climate change and roads
Underlines the importance of how climate change effects roads an create awareness.
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1.2 Introduction to resilience concepts
Provides a basis for the training on the resilience concepts, resilience assessments and climate change adaptation and the resilience impact score.
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2) Decision Making
2.1 Impact chains, vulnerability and hazard classification
Climate change impacts on roads and road users: introduction of the concept of impact chains. To demonstrate the interrelations between hazard, exposure, vulnerability and impact for road users; to showcase how adaptation decisions lead to changes in the chain of impacts
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2.2 Understanding the NRA decision context
Provides guidance on the steps to anchor climate change adaptation in decision making. Underlining the importance of connecting to the decision-making context. Introducing the tactical gap and three approaches to address the tactical gap within the NRA decision making context.
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2.3 Making the case for climate adaptation
The video for practitioners shows different methods to evaluate adaptation options by using concepts of benefits, co-benefits and how they link to the decision case. This is made clear by showing a case study. The video for decision makers focusses mainly on CBA and MCA.
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2.4 Process on implementing climate change adaptation
How can adaptation be anchored in NRA processes?
Introducing the ICARUS adaptation implementation process: by linking to the daily processes of NRAs, climate change adaptation can become the standard way of working.
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3) Adaptation Options
3.1 Climate change adaptation options
What can be done to ensure a resilient road in the future? We present an overview of de Adaptation Options Database, how to select adaptation options, and barriers to implementation.
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3.2 Nature Based Solutions
Nature Based Solutions (NBS) are a multi purpose solution for climate change adaptation. We show which NBS’s are available and how the decision case can be developed by integrating co-benefits.
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Workshops
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Seminars/workshops for training purposes, 2024
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Workshop 1, January 2023Progressing forward from the current baseline to conducting resilience assessments and building the business case for adaptation
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Workshop 2, November 2023Validation of ICARUS research findings and making steps to implementation in practice
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Workshop 3, 2024, connected to TRA2024Final results of the ICARUS project
Scientific and Journal Articles
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Improving the uptake of Climate Change Adaptation in the Decision-Making processes of Road Authorities; output of the ICARUS project
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Paper presented at Civil Engineering Research in Ireland conference 2024 (CERI2024)
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Poster Presentation at TRA Dublin 2024
Other resources
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CEDRCompilation of previous work: Publications (cedr.eu)
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European UnionReports Knowledge Sharing Ongoing Research Research Tools
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Global Center on Adaptation
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IPPC2014 report: Part B: Regional Aspects (ipcc.ch)
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PIARCCompilation of previous work: Work Topic Resilient Infrastructure (piarc.org)
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Resilience Shift
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TRBCompleted publications and ongoing activity:
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UK Defra
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USA Federal Highways AgencyProjects site: Resilience - Sustainability - Environment - FHWA (dot.gov)
Case Studies
Building the business case of resilience enhancement
The case studies will highlight methods and approaches used, to provide an evidence base for the need to enhance resilience.
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Climate Hazards
Hazards related to flooding, temperature, including extremes of temperature will be considered over a range of European climatic zones.
Resilience Assessment
We will provide information on how resilience is assessed and measured at various scales, for example, individual assets, networks and connections.
Solutions
There will be a range of solutions presented, potentially including; hard measures, soft measures, hybrid measures and particular focus on nature based solutions. There will be consideration of how such solutions have, or will be, implemented by NRAs on an ongoing basis, and what ongoing monitoring will be undertaken.