Abstract
In assessing the impact of climate change on infrastructure, it is essential to consider the interactions between the atmosphere, vegetation and the near-surface soil. This paper presents an overview of these processes, focusing on recent advances from the literature and those made by members of COST Action TU1202 – Impacts of climate change on engineered slopes for infrastructure. Climate- and vegetation-driven processes (suction generation, erosion, desiccation cracking, freeze–thaw effects) are expected to change in incidence and severity, which will affect the stability of new and existing infrastructure slopes. This paper identifies the climate- and vegetation-driven processes that are of greatest concern, the suite of known unknowns that require further research, and lists key aspect that should be considered for the design of engineered transport infrastructure slopes in the context of climate change.
Highlights
Reliable performance of engineered transport infrastructure slopes is a critical component of the stability of any transportation network
The paper discusses climate change briefly, as it applies to the European context, and the following are discussed: (1) climate-driven processes that are of greatest concern, including comments on the suite of known unknowns that require further research; (2) key aspects that need to be considered for design, operation and maintenance of engineered transport infrastructure slopes
A summary of the range of consequences of climate change is presented in Table 1 and Figure 4
Summary
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