Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport
Abstract This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given. Temperature effects, permafrost thawing, strong winds, floods and sea level rise, long-t...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/ttj-2021-0014 2024-06-23T07:56:07+00:00 Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport Kostianaia, Evgeniia A. Kostianoy, Andrey G. Scheglov, Mikhail A. Karelov, Aleksey I. Vasileisky, Alexander S. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0014 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/ttj-2021-0014 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Transport and Telecommunication Journal volume 22, issue 2, page 183-195 ISSN 1407-6179 journal-article 2021 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0014 2024-06-04T05:48:33Z Abstract This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given. Temperature effects, permafrost thawing, strong winds, floods and sea level rise, long-term effects, and adaptation measures are discussed. In conclusion, the authors give several recommendations on further research in this area, and highlight that special attention should be given to the areas in the Russian Federation which already face or might soon experience damage from storm events or flooding and sea level rise, namely Kaliningrad Region on the Baltic Sea, the area between Tuapse and Adler in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, and on Sakhalin Island from the side of the Sea of Japan. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Sakhalin De Gruyter Transport and Telecommunication Journal 22 2 183 195 |
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Abstract This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given. Temperature effects, permafrost thawing, strong winds, floods and sea level rise, long-term effects, and adaptation measures are discussed. In conclusion, the authors give several recommendations on further research in this area, and highlight that special attention should be given to the areas in the Russian Federation which already face or might soon experience damage from storm events or flooding and sea level rise, namely Kaliningrad Region on the Baltic Sea, the area between Tuapse and Adler in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, and on Sakhalin Island from the side of the Sea of Japan. |
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Kostianaia, Evgeniia A. Kostianoy, Andrey G. Scheglov, Mikhail A. Karelov, Aleksey I. Vasileisky, Alexander S. |
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Kostianaia, Evgeniia A. Kostianoy, Andrey G. Scheglov, Mikhail A. Karelov, Aleksey I. Vasileisky, Alexander S. Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport |
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Kostianaia, Evgeniia A. Kostianoy, Andrey G. Scheglov, Mikhail A. Karelov, Aleksey I. Vasileisky, Alexander S. |
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Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport |
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Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport |
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Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport |
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