Improving Post-Disaster Access to Critical Facilities for Underserved Coastal Communities

The increased frequency of acute coastal hazards (tsunamis and hurricanes) in conjunction with climate-change induced chronic hazards (sea-level rise and coastal erosion) could result in the occurrence of unprecedented combinations of these hazards that can cause tremendous damage to the coastal transportation network. These disruptions combined with the prevailing lack of adequate redundancies in the transportation network can severely impact connectivity from coastal communities to critical facilities such as hospitals, fire stations, and other areas for post-disaster aid and exacerbate prevailing inequalities in resilience. Thus, this proposal will first quantify the impact of unprecedented combinations of coastal hazards on the connectivity of rural communities to critical hazards. Additionally, this project seeks to improve the equity of transportation network by identifying appropriate post-disaster response and recovery strategies to minimize differential impacts on vulnerable populations by improving their access to critical facilities after unprecedented disasters. These strategies include the identification of appropriate operations based on the region and the hazard for recovery, and creation of discrete event simulation models to enable quantification of their performance. These will also enable a large-scale optimization in the allocation of resources considering a region’s vulnerability to hazards and the type of operations enabled.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348330

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  School of Civil and Construction Engineering
  101 Kearney Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331-2302

  Coastal REsearch And Transportation Education (CREATE)

  601 University Drive
  RFM 5202
  San Marcos, Texas  United States  78666
• Managing Organizations:

  Coastal REsearch And Transportation Education (CREATE)

  601 University Drive
  RFM 5202
  San Marcos, Texas  United States  78666
• Project Managers:

  Bruner, Britain

  Kulesza, Stacey

• Performing Organizations:

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  School of Civil and Construction Engineering
  101 Kearney Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331-2302
• Principal Investigators:

  Louis, Joseph

  Wang, Haizhong

• Start Date: 20240615
• Expected Completion Date: 20260614
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coasts; Disaster resilience; Hazards; Transportation equity; Underserved communities
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01932973
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Coastal Research and Transportation Education (CREATE)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348330
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 7 2024 5:09PM