In a new book published by Elsevier “Climate Extremes and Their Implications for Impact and Risk Assessment”, challenges, opportunities and methodologies for the analysis of the impacts of climate extremes across various sectors to support their impact and risk assessment are described. Dr Maria Pregnolato led Chapter 11 “Climate extremes and their implications for impact modelling in transport”, in collaboration with Dr David Jaroszweski (Univ. of Birmingham), and Dr Alistair Ford and Prof. Richard Dawson (Newcastle Univ.). This chapter addresses the impacts of climate extremes across the transportation sector, particularly in impact modelling studies.
The book provides an overview of past, present and future changes in climate and weather extremes and how to connect this knowledge to impact and risk assessment under global warming. Furthermore, it presents different approaches to assess societal-relevant impacts and risk of climate and weather extremes, including compound events, and the complexity of risk cascades and the interconnectedness of societal risk. It also features applications across a diversity of sectors, including agriculture, health, forestry, ecosystem services and urban transport. It is also intended to serve as introduction and educational resource to climate extremes and their impacts at the human-environment interface, as well as to outline the associated challenges and complexities. The target group for the book includes professionals in climate and impact science and practice, risk assessment professionals, as well as graduate students in the physical and social sciences in the context of climate change.
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