Rail Infrastructure Resilience: A Best-Practices Handbook

Europe's aging railway infrastructure systems pose risks to economic growth, security, and sustainability. This book presents best practices for improving rail infrastructure resilience to extreme conditions through knowledge exchange and capability development. It is the result of a European research project, RISEN, which aimed to enhance knowledge creation and transfer among universities and SMEs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 494 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2022
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Europe's economic growth, security, and sustainability are threatened by aging railway infrastructure systems. The majority of these systems are reaching their initial design lives, and many are already aging. This poses a significant challenge in civil engineering, as restoring and improving urban infrastructure and built environments is necessary. Policy, environmental, and physical barriers must be addressed and overcome. The complex and interconnected nature of the problem requires collaboration between academia, industry, communities, and governments. The urgency of addressing the challenges posed by extreme events, both natural and man-made, is paramount.

Rail Infrastructure Resilience: A Best-Practices Handbook provides developed improvement methods for rail infrastructure systems to enhance resilience to extreme conditions. It showcases how to utilize new information in engineering design, maintenance, construction, and renewal to improve rail infrastructure resilience. The book is the result of a major European research project called the RISEN project, which aimed to enhance knowledge creation and transfer among European Advanced Rail Research Universities, SMEs, and Non-EU leading rail universities. The project provided methodological approaches and practical tools for restoring and improving railway infrastructure systems for extreme events.

Edited and written by members of the RISEN project, this book is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners seeking practical solutions to the challenges of rail infrastructure resilience. It offers insights into the latest developments and best practices in the field, providing a comprehensive guide for improving the resilience of rail infrastructure systems in Europe.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780128210420