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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 33.5

Climate-related analyses along the Austrian Railway Network, part I: Standardized hazard event database

S. Hörbinger1, H. Müller1, H.P. Rauch1 and C. Rachoy2

1Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
2ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Vienna, Austria

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
S. Hörbinger, H. Müller, H.P. Rauch, C. Rachoy, "Climate-related analyses along the Austrian Railway Network, part I: Standardized hazard event database", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 1, Paper 33.5, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.1.33.5
Keywords: natural hazard, climate change, vulnerability, railway infrastructure, standardized database.

Abstract
Extreme weather and climate events interact with landscapes and infrastructure. Especially within alpine regions natural hazards present severe threat to the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. The intersection between hazard event data und meteorological variables in the spatio-temporal domain requires a certain quality standard in both, the localisation of the events, as well as the categorization for the hazard events. This paper highlights the importance of a standardized hazard event database and the methods used for its generation. Uniform hazard data must be seen as a first step for derivation of climate indices (paper II) and hazard management plans. It generates an overview of past events, creates comparability over the whole observation period and makes outlooks for future periods possible.

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