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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

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Winter Service Session 03 - Risk assessments due to challenges in winter maintenance caused by climate change

Tuesday, March 10 16:30 - 18:00
Chair: Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden
Room: Room 1

This session addresses the growing challenges that winter maintenance faces under the impacts of climate change. Presentations come from the call for papers and will explore climate risk and vulnerability assessments for transport networks, innovative performance requirements for living snow fences, and enhanced vigilance strategies against winter avalanches. Together, these contributions highlight how risk assessment and adaptive solutions can strengthen resilience, safety, and sustainability in winter service operations.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Conclusion
  5. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden

Presentations

  • West Midlands Climate Risk & Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) for Transport
    • Nick CORK (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 494KB)
  • Development of performance requirements for living snow fences during severe snowstorm events
    • Yusuke HARADA (Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Japan)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 2.2MB)
  • Increased and unique vigilance against winter avalanches
    • Christophe DUBOIS (ATMB (Autoroutes et Tunnel du Mont-Blanc), France)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 1.3MB)

Questions and Answers

• Moderator: Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden

Conclusion

• Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden

Organization

Session Organiser: Horst Hanke, Leader of the German Winter Service Committee, Germany
Session Secretary: [To be confirmed]