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Technical Reports Risk management

This page lists technical reports of PIARC in the field of risk management. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Risks associated with natural disasters, climate change, man-made disasters and security threats

    This report presents: the methodological approach developed in the United States CAPTA (Costing Asset Protection: An All Hazards Guide for Transportation Agencies) for evaluating risks associated with all hazards; a set of practical techniques, developed in Japan,for managing risks associated with associated with heavy rainfall and earthquakes; initiatives taken around the world for the development of methodological approaches for managing climate change risks and the corresponding adaptation [...]

  • Social acceptance of risk and their perception

    This report was prepared by PIARC Technical Committee C3. It consists of 101 pages, including 40 pages of appendices (appendix A consists of 4 case-studies while appendix B presents the results of a survey on perception and social acceptance of risks). Chapter 1 presents the factors influencing risk perception of the general public: the catrastrophic potential, the familiarity and knowledge of the topic, institutional trust, media attention and impact on children. Chapter 2 presents the key [...]

  • Managing risk in road organization

    The Guide to Risk Management in a Road Organization aims at presenting principles and techniques of risk management (RM) for road organizations illustrated with practical examples of implementation. Risk analysis techniques presented in Chapter 2 include Risk Analysis by Scenario, Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP). Chapter 4 is dedicated to risk management for road networks including engineering structures as well as natural and anthropogenic [...]

  • Recommendations regarding road tunnel drivers' training and information

    A follow-up on the report « Human Factors and safety from the view point of users » that was published in 2008 by the World Road Association, this new work by Technical Committee C4 - Road Tunnel Operations - aims at giving key information and instructions to drivers in order to enable them to adopt the adequate behavior in the 3 situations they can face when travelling through a tunnel : during normal situation, minor incident or major incident. After describing the experience of driving [...]

  • Towards development of a risk management approach

    A risk management approach is an important decision-making tool that complements good program and project management.The report presents an integrated risk management approach with respect to the following: ·Risk management techniques in the road sector ·Risk management for mega projects; and ·Improving the safety of road systems The concept of risk and the approaches to risk categorisation, analysis and evaluation are presented, including the Risk Analysis by Scenario (RAS) method.The [...]