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Two-day workshop on CEDR project entitled "Roads for today, Adapted for tomorrow - State of the art of climate change risk assessments for roads".

The consortium partners of the ROADAPT project, together with the Programme Executive Board of CEDR, are very pleased to invite you for a two-day workshop entitled "Roads for today, Adapted for tomorrow - State of the art of climate change risk assessments for roads".

Roadapt

The ROADAPT project is part of the CEDR Call 2012 Road owners adapting to climate change. It addresses all objectives in the call in an integral approach following the RIMAROCC (Risk Management for Roads in a Changing Climate) framework that was developed for ERA NET ROAD. Click here to read more details about ROADAPT (presentation given at FIRM13 in June 2013).

ROADAPT aims at providing:

1. methodologies and tools enabling tailored and consistent climate data information and a good communication between climate researchers and road authorities, 
2. a preliminary and fast quick scan for estimating the climate change related risks for roads, to be translated in an action plan for adaptation,
3. a method for a socio economical impact analysis,
4. a method for detailed vulnerability assessments and
5. adaptation pathways plus strategy charts with specific input from adaptation techniques related to geotechnics and drainage, pavements and traffic management.

Programme outline

The workshop will cover 3 domains, in 3 half-days. For each domain, an example of threat will be introduced by a ROADAPT partner for illustrating the potential adaptation techniques.

Monday September 9th, morning:
• Introduction to the workshop
• Domain: geotechnics and drainage. Example: Landslides (SGI)

Monday September 9th, afternoon:
• Domain: pavements. Example: heat effects (DELTARES)

Tuesday September 10th, morning:
• Domain: traffic management. Example: snow (Egis)
• Conclusion

Participants may attend only parts of the workshop.

Details

Date and time: September 9th 2013 (starting at 10:00) through September 10th (finishing at 13:00)
Place:  Egis Office, 4 rue Dolorès Ibarruri - 93188  Montreuil (see map below)
Fee:  Free
More information: 

• Thomas Bles (Deltares, ROADAPT project coordinator) Thomas.Bles@Deltares.nl
• Kees van Muiswinkel (CEDR, Dutch road authority) Kees.van.Muiswinkel@rws.nl

Preregister:   Send an email to Beatrice.Quiquampoix@egis.fr; copy to Thomas.Bles@Deltares.nl stating that you would like to register for the ROADAPT workshop, plus some information on your background and in return, you will receive the minutes of the first workshop
Where to stay: See attachment at the bottom of the page

Comments: Second ROADAPT Workshop to be held on 9-10th September 2013 in Paris