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Reference Number EP/G060762/1
Title Future Resilient Transport Networks - FUTURENET
Status Completed
Energy Categories Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Energy system analysis) 5%;
Energy Efficiency(Transport) 5%;
Not Energy Related 80%;
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 10%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Geography and Environmental Studies) 50%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Systems Analysis related to energy R&D 20%;
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 20%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 20%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 20%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 20%;
Principal Investigator Professor CJ Baker
No email address given
Infra. Engineering & Management
University of Birmingham
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 June 2009
End Date 31 March 2013
Duration 46 months
Total Grant Value £586,487
Industrial Sectors Environment; Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region West Midlands
Programme LWEC : LWEC
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Professor CJ Baker , Infra. Engineering & Management, University of Birmingham (99.996%)
  Other Investigator Dr AD Quinn , Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Dr JB Odoki , Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Professor JE Thornes , Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Dr L Chapman , Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
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Objectives The following grants make up the FUTURENET consortium : EP/G060894/1, EP/G060762/1, EP/G060495/1, EP/G060509/1, EP/G060770/1, EP/G060355/1
Abstract Much current discussion about transport and climate change focuses on the impact of transport on climate change. Indeed, many mitigation measures are focussed upon the transport change, and many mitigation measures are focussed upon the transport sector. However, FUTURENET recognizes that climate change also has an impact on transport. This impact has two dimensions: an engineering dimension derived from the interaction between climate design, weather events and the physical network, and a socio-economic dimension derived from the interaction between weather and climate and the patterns of transport demand. FUTURENET integrates both in assessing the future resilience of the UK transport system. This interdisciplinary approach will assist stakeholders in adapting the transport network and increasing resilience of critical transport infrastructure. Specifically FUTURENET seeks to develop a number of scenarios for how the transport system in the UK might look in 2050, and will investigate the resilience of each of these scenarios to the effects of climate change. The investigation will be carried out through the five work packagesa) WP1- The development of possible UK transport scenarios for 2050, through detailed literature surveys and the results of a number of expert workshops.b) WP2 - Identification of route corridor for study and development of an inventory of infrastructure that covers the complete range of infrastructure for the chosen route.c) WP3 - Models of thefailure modes of transport systems, which will identify existing models and thresholds for the effectsof climate on transport systems, and will develop new models where there are gaps in knowledge.d) WP4- Model development and application, which will develop an overarching model framework that will combine the models identified in WP3 with climate change scenarios and the transport scenarios outlined in WP1, to enable the resilience of different types of transport network to be evaluated.e) WP5 -Generic Tools and Dissemination, through which the results of the project will be made available in an accessible form to a wide variety of stakeholders, and the model of WP4 made available for application to other route corridors.FUTURENET brings together a wide variety of academic expertise spanning the engineering, environmental and social sciences, together with a diverse group of stakeholdersin the transport industry. It has the potential both to develop a deeper understanding of the underlying science on the effects of climate change on transport systems and to provide information and useful tools on how such systems can be made more resilient
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