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Earth Sciences Contribution to the Sustainable Development of Ground Transportation Systems: Relevant Case Studies in Central Europe

Geodynamics of Central Europe and Transportation

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Part of the book series: NATO Science ((NAII,volume 112))

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Our society — our way of life — depends on a complex network of infrastructure systems: e.g. the lifelines that provide transportation and communication services, a supply of energy and fresh water, and the disposal of wastewater and waste products. Among the oldest of these lifelines are our transportation systems — highways, railroads, mass transit, ports, waterways, and airports. The recent political changes and running processes of globalisation in Europe motivate the priority given to sustainable development, e.g. sustainable transport and its interaction with human activities. In the European Union, total spending in the transport sector now runs, according to current estimates, at some 11 000 billion, or 10% of gross domestic product [1]. The recent results, obtained from the European transport research programme, concern enforcement of traffic rules, driver behaviour, passive safety [2], but not preparedness to meet a natural disaster (e.g. earthquakes, landslides, floods). A key policy target is to implement a new road safety action programme improving road user and road infrastructure safety. Attention has been paid to safety during road design, construction and maintenance and urban safety management schemes as well, but not to the natural hazards.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 4, 34127, Trieste, Italy

    Professor Giuliano F. Panza & Mihaela Kouteva

  2. SAND Group, The Abdus Salam ICTP, Strada Costiera 11, 34014, Trieste, Italy

    Professor Giuliano F. Panza

  3. CLSMEE, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl. 3, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria

    Mihaela Kouteva

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  1. CSIRO Environmental Risk Network, Aspendale, Australia

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  2. International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Alik Ismail-Zadeh

  3. Geophysikalisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

    Alik Ismail-Zadeh

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Panza, G.F., Kouteva, M. (2003). Earth Sciences Contribution to the Sustainable Development of Ground Transportation Systems: Relevant Case Studies in Central Europe. In: Beer, T., Ismail-Zadeh, A. (eds) Risk Science and Sustainability. NATO Science, vol 112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0167-0_11

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