Investigating the Effects of Pluvial Flooding and Climate Change on Traffic Flows in Barcelona and Bristol

Barry Evans, Albert S. Chen, Slobodan Djordjević, James Webber, Andoni González Gómez and John Stevens
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Barry Evans: Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
Albert S. Chen: Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
Slobodan Djordjević: Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
James Webber: Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK
Andoni González Gómez: Adjuntament de Barcelona, 08012 Barcelona, Spain
John Stevens: Bristol City Council, Bristol BS3 9FS, UK

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-18

Abstract: This paper outlines the work carried out within the RESCCUE (RESilience to cope with Climate Change in Urban ArEas) project that is, in part, examining the impacts of climate-driven hazards on critical services and infrastructures within cities. In this paper, we examined the methods employed to assess the impacts of pluvial flooding events for varying return periods for present-day (Baseline) and future Climate Change with no adaptation measures applied (Business as Usual) conditions on traffic flows within cities. Two cities were selected, Barcelona and Bristol, with the former using a meso-scale and the latter a micro-scale traffic model. The results show how as the severity of flooding increases the disruption/impacts on traffic flows increase and how the effects of climate change will increase these impacts accordingly.

Keywords: flooding; climate change; traffic modelling; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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