Agent-based modeling for assessment of coastal transportation network resiliency and environmental justice

This research focuses on the vulnerability of socially vulnerable communities to climate change impacts, particularly in coastal areas. It explores how infrastructure resilience planning can inadvertently worsen disparities in community vulnerability. The objective is to develop an agent-based model (ABM) framework that integrates infrastructure resilience, community vulnerability, agency decision-making, and climatic hazards, with a focus on transportation networks. The ABM aims to advance understanding of complex social-environmental-infrastructure interactions and inform engineering and decision-making policies. The broader impact involves promoting climate change equity in Houston through civil infrastructure solutions.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $40000
• Contract Numbers:

  CREATE UTC Contract Number 69A3552348330

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity

  Texas State University
  San Marcos, TX  United States  77666

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
  3136 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3136
• Managing Organizations:

  Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity

  Texas State University
  San Marcos, TX  United States  77666
• Project Managers:

  Bruner, Britain

  Kulesza, Stacey

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
  3136 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3136
• Principal Investigators:

  Nijafi, Amirali

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20250831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Coasts; Disaster resilience; Environmental justice; Equity; Risk management; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01929383
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity
• Contract Numbers: CREATE UTC Contract Number 69A3552348330
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 31 2024 11:24AM