Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets

  • E. E. Koks,
  • J. Rozenberg,
  • C. Zorn,
  • M. Tariverdi,
  • M. Vousdoukas,
  • S. A. Fraser,
  • J. W. Hall,
  • S. Hallegatte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10442-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Spatial distribution has been rarely studied in global disaster risk models. Here the authors address damaged networked infrastructure at the asset level for a wider range of hazards and reveal a global Expected Annual Damages ranging from $3.1 to 22 billion with a particular vulnerability of transport infrastructure in Small Island Developing States.