Risk Mapping Major Danish Roads for Flooding

摘要

Accidents, wildlife, and extreme weather events challenge the task of ensuring safety and mobility on roads. Extreme weather has gained attention in recent years with increases in roadway flooding throughout the world. Europe has experienced increased occurrences of extreme precipitation comparable to the increases in the United States. Forecasts by scientific authorities, such as the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, point unambiguously to a continued trend of rising global temperatures; these higher temperatures in turn will power extreme precipitation phenomena. Incidents of flooded roads therefore can be expected to increase and overwhelm the business-as-usual approach. Climate change will result in altered patterns of precipitation, and the consequences arguably are already apparent.