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Publications Routes/Roads Risk management

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of risk management. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Disaster Management of Road Sector During Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Indonesia for Better Future

    Roads and land transport provide a significant contribution to Indonesia’s economic development and growth and provides social benefits. Roads provide access to employment, economic business facilities, health and education services and social activities. In addition, road networks are important in fighting against poverty. It is a vital hub for the country’s economy and for the communities in regional and urban areas of Indonesia. On the other hand, a road network plays an important function [...]

  • Impact of the Pandemic on Disaster Management

    In March 2020, the first COVID-19 cases started to appear in Chile. This unknown disease from afar had reached the country, which was already in a state of great social and political instability. On 18 March, a State of Catastrophe1 was decreed throughout the national territory for 90 days. This status was subsequently extended to 180, 270 and 360 days. As a result of the above, the country remains under a curfew and restrictions on international, interregional and inter-district mobility through [...]

  • Disrupting the Disruptors: The Impact of Covid-19 on Emerging Transport Technologies and Service Models

    The complex impacts of COVID-19 on the transport sector have spurred not only short-term innovation but trends that may accelerate adoption of emerging technologies for the benefit of road and transport agencies, road users, and wider society.

  • Covid-19 and PIARC: a Pool of Shared Experience

    At PIARC, we are firm believers in the vital importance of sharing knowledge worldwide. We are also convinced that the roads and the road transport sector, and the organisations and professionals who manage them, provide an essential service. Indeed, they have demonstrated their amazing resilience and their ability to move people and essential goods safely, even in the midst of a pandemic. This is why in March 2020, a small group of our international experts decided to take the initiative and started [...]

  • Resilience of Road Network: A Preventive Approach to Bridge Seismic Retrofitting to Reduce Macro-Economic Impacts

    Transport infrastructure networks are essential to ensure the economic development of nations and to improve the quality of life of citizens. For this reason, the focus on proper management of these systems has been increasing over the last 50 years. Since the end of the 90’s, an intense research and dissemination activity has been developed, aimed at encouraging and promoting the implementation of Asset Management (AM) principles in road organizations. The launch of the 55000 series ISO Standards [...]