TY - GEN
T1 - Methodology to Assess the Level of Service and Resilience of Rural Roads in Italian Seismic Zones
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Resilience, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Health Monitoring, ICONREM 2024
AU - Beltran, Iñaki
AU - Garcia-Sanchez, David
AU - Cimellaro, Gian Paolo
AU - Cardoni, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - This study investigates the level of service (LOS) and level of resilience (LOR) of rural road transport infrastructures in Italian seismic zones, focusing on their unique vulnerabilities and the implications for local populations. Italy’s rural road network, characterized by its age and issues associated, faces significant challenges, especially during and after extreme events like seismic events, landslides, floodings and others. High travel times on these roads are exacerbated by frequent closures due to these extreme events induced damages, severely impacting accessibility. This research applies a new methodology to analyse the current LOS and LOR, highlighting the extended travel times and the roads’ inability to efficiently accommodate traffic flow as during normal conditions. Additionally, the study assesses the LOR, considering the duration and impact of road closures on community access to essential services, such as hospitals and workplaces. Using a combination of historical records, and resilience metrics, the study identifies critical weaknesses in the rural road network’s response and recovery capabilities.
AB - This study investigates the level of service (LOS) and level of resilience (LOR) of rural road transport infrastructures in Italian seismic zones, focusing on their unique vulnerabilities and the implications for local populations. Italy’s rural road network, characterized by its age and issues associated, faces significant challenges, especially during and after extreme events like seismic events, landslides, floodings and others. High travel times on these roads are exacerbated by frequent closures due to these extreme events induced damages, severely impacting accessibility. This research applies a new methodology to analyse the current LOS and LOR, highlighting the extended travel times and the roads’ inability to efficiently accommodate traffic flow as during normal conditions. Additionally, the study assesses the LOR, considering the duration and impact of road closures on community access to essential services, such as hospitals and workplaces. Using a combination of historical records, and resilience metrics, the study identifies critical weaknesses in the rural road network’s response and recovery capabilities.
KW - Climate Change
KW - network’s response and recovery capabilities
KW - Resilience
KW - Road Transport Infrastructures
KW - Vulnerability Assessment
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021840505
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-08407-1_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-08407-1_7
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105021840505
SN - 9783032084064
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 75
EP - 88
BT - Resilience, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Health Monitoring, ICONREM 2024
A2 - Cimellaro, Gian Paolo
A2 - Cardoni, Alessandro
A2 - Zhou, Ying
A2 - Ansari, Farhad
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 24 June 2024 through 28 June 2024
ER -