Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure in Alaska

Alaska DOT&PF Adaptation to Climate Change AASHTO Green ...

Change – ADOT/PF. • The Department of Transportation and. Public Facilities (DOT&PF) manages the. State's transportation infrastructure in a very challenging ...

(PDF) How vulnerable is Alaska's transportation to climate change?

... The construction of such linear infrastructure has multiple impacts, including local ground cooling where snow is removed; modified surface hydrology where ...

Estimating Future Costs for Alaska Public Infrastructure At Risk from ...

McBeath (2003) points out that there is no formal criterion for evaluating the long-term consequences of climate change on the Alaska transportation system.

Fifth National Climate Assessment 29. Alaska

Loss of sea ice, thawing permafrost, and other climate-driven changes in Alaska are transforming ecosystems, disrupting cultural practices, harming fisheries ...

Climate Change Impact Assessment for Surface Transportation in ...

... climate change to the surface transportation infrastructure system in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska region. The Assessment demonstrates a method that ...

Climate Action Plans and Long-Range Transportation ... - PDXScholar

TABLE 1 Examples of Climate Change Impacts on Transportation Operations and Infrastructure ... Alaska's Climate Change Strategy: Addressing Impacts in Alaska.

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TRANSPORTATION ...

The economy of Alaska is extraordinarily dependent on the efficiency of its limited transportation infrastructure for mineral exports, fisheries, and tourism.

Climate Impacts on Transportation | Climate Change Impacts | US EPA

Climate change is likely to damage transportation infrastructure through higher temperatures, more severe storms and flooding, and higher storm surges, ...

Popular Geology - Climate Change

Alaska's glaciers are in steep decline and are among the fastest melting glaciers on Earth. Arctic sea ice extent has decreased dramatically and is now ...

Estimating future costs for Alaska public infrastructure at risk from ...

We conclude that climate change could add $3.6–$6.1 billion (+10% to +20% above normal wear and tear) to future costs for public infrastructure from now to 2030 ...

Climate Change Impacts on the Road Transport Infrastructure - MDPI

Impacts of climate change on the transport network can both result in the loss of infrastructure assets and hamper the recovery and resilience of the entire ...

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation. Page 160. 154. Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure in Alaska. 500. 0. 500.

The Effects of Various Aspects of Climate Change on Transportation ...

It is anticipated that future changes in climate will bring with it rising temperatures, increased precipitation events, permafrost, increasing sea levels, etc.

Alaska Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan

Alaska's transportation infrastructure is vulnerable to climate impacts such as the melting/thawing of permafrost, coastal erosion, flooding, and wildfires.

Transportation

221 While it is widely recognized that emissions from transportation have a major impact on climate, climate change will also have a major impact on ...

Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation

Temperatures in Alaska have already risen 3 to 5°F, twice as much as in the contiguous 48 states. We anticipate thawing of as much as 90 percent ...

WSDOT Report: Climate Change and Transportation

This report states, “Changing weather patterns and their associated physical, financial and social impacts are affecting or will affect the way ...

Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences ...

Arctic climate change is also generating new challenges for the construction and maintenance of these transport systems, requiring adaptive engineering ...

Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure - MDPI

Such effects manifest in the form of frequent maintenance [2], increased repair costs [3], heavier traffic [4], expanded need for emergency response facilities ...

Taking Stock: Climate Change and Transportation | FHWA

More intense storms are one impact of climate change, leading to flooded roads like this one and inundated bridges and other transportation infrastructure.