Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook

This handbook outlines an approach to proactively manage the risks of geohazards on roads, road users, and the people living near and affected by road. This handbook is structured to support road geohazard risk management sequentially and systemati...

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Main Author: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Format: Handbook
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/124821602864876625/Main-Report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34677
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spelling okr-10986-346772021-05-25T09:58:48Z Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery HAZARD RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD SAFETY ROAD MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM ROAD MAINTENANCE DEBRIS FLOW FLASH FLOOD EROSION ROAD DISASTER AWARENESS CONTINGENCY PLANNING PREPAREDNESS TRAINING This handbook outlines an approach to proactively manage the risks of geohazards on roads, road users, and the people living near and affected by road. This handbook is structured to support road geohazard risk management sequentially and systematically: Part I, Framework for Road Geohazard Risk Management, helps users understand the framework for road geohazard risk management, introduces some basic concepts, and provides context to the overall handbook; Part II, Institutional Capacity and Coordination, covers the institutional arrangements that are necessary for the successful implementation of geohazard management; Part III, Systems Planning, covers the systems planning aspects, pertaining to the identification, assessment, and evaluation of risks, along with raising awareness of disasters; Part IV, Engineering and Design, deals with the engineered solutions to address geohazard risks, giving examples of different solutions to particular risk types; Part V, Operations and Maintenance, focuses on the operations and maintenance aspects of geohazard management whether the maintenance of previously engineered solutions or the nonengineered solutions available to mitigate the impacts of geohazard risks; Part VI, Contingency Planning, addresses contingency programming issues, such as postdisaster response and recovery, and the important issue of funding arrangements; and Part VII, References and Resource Materials, contains the reference list and additional online resources. Additionally, this handbook includes standard templates for terms of reference (ToRs) that can be adapted for technical assistance projects for road geohazard risk management (see Appendix A) and an operation manual (OM) for the practitioners involved with road geohazard risk management (see Appendix B). 2020-10-28T14:33:40Z 2020-10-28T14:33:40Z 2020-10 Handbook http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/124821602864876625/Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34677 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Brazil Japan Serbia Sierra Leone
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topic HAZARD RISK MANAGEMENT
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
ROAD MAINTENANCE
DEBRIS FLOW
FLASH FLOOD
EROSION
ROAD DISASTER AWARENESS
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
PREPAREDNESS TRAINING
spellingShingle HAZARD RISK MANAGEMENT
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
ROAD MAINTENANCE
DEBRIS FLOW
FLASH FLOOD
EROSION
ROAD DISASTER AWARENESS
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
PREPAREDNESS TRAINING
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook
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description This handbook outlines an approach to proactively manage the risks of geohazards on roads, road users, and the people living near and affected by road. This handbook is structured to support road geohazard risk management sequentially and systematically: Part I, Framework for Road Geohazard Risk Management, helps users understand the framework for road geohazard risk management, introduces some basic concepts, and provides context to the overall handbook; Part II, Institutional Capacity and Coordination, covers the institutional arrangements that are necessary for the successful implementation of geohazard management; Part III, Systems Planning, covers the systems planning aspects, pertaining to the identification, assessment, and evaluation of risks, along with raising awareness of disasters; Part IV, Engineering and Design, deals with the engineered solutions to address geohazard risks, giving examples of different solutions to particular risk types; Part V, Operations and Maintenance, focuses on the operations and maintenance aspects of geohazard management whether the maintenance of previously engineered solutions or the nonengineered solutions available to mitigate the impacts of geohazard risks; Part VI, Contingency Planning, addresses contingency programming issues, such as postdisaster response and recovery, and the important issue of funding arrangements; and Part VII, References and Resource Materials, contains the reference list and additional online resources. Additionally, this handbook includes standard templates for terms of reference (ToRs) that can be adapted for technical assistance projects for road geohazard risk management (see Appendix A) and an operation manual (OM) for the practitioners involved with road geohazard risk management (see Appendix B).
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title Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook
title_short Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook
title_full Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook
title_fullStr Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook
title_full_unstemmed Road Geohazard Risk Management Handbook
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/124821602864876625/Main-Report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34677
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