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Climate Change Impact Part 9: Example –Kyrgyzstan Summary Kyrgyzstan has a continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. Most of the rain falls in the summer months and temperatures are below freezing for most of the winter months. It is projected that storm rainfall will increase by up to 20% and that the duration of lying snow will decrease. Introduction Kyrgyzstan is in central Asia and has severe winters with temperature below zero for many months, particularly in mountainous areas. Figure  1  Map of Kyrgyzstan showing project road Climate change can affect roads in many ways. The most obvious is storm rainfall; an increase in storm rainfall could require modification to current design for culverts and longitudinal drains. Other factors include daily temperature range, which could affect expansion joints, and maximum temperature, which could affect the choice of binding agent. Once current values of these parameters have been ...

Climate Change Impact Part 7: Example – Vanuatu Summary The project examined projected changes to road flooding for four islands of the Vanuatu archipelago. The conclusion was that rainfall intensities would increase for all islands, particularly at the lower durations and return periods critical for road drainage. Introduction This example looks at the estimation of road flooding in Vanuatu. The islands of Vanuatu stretch from 13°S to 20°S and 116.e°E to 170.25°E. They lie about 2000 km from the coast of Australia. The following chart shows the layout of the islands of Vanuatu. The four islands highlighted in green, Ambae, Pentecost, Malekula and Tanna, were included in the study. The red crosses mark the location of climate measurement sites. The roads on the islands are being upgraded and for this it was necessary to ensure that road drainage would be effective for the whole life of the road taking into account projected climate change. Figure  1 ...

Climate Change Impact Part 1. Background   Summary It is widely accepted that the climate is changing, and will change more in the future, as a result of human activity. I have carried out many studies where I have quantified the impact of changes to climate. These have been in Europe, Asia, the Pacific and Africa. This posting is an introduction. Other postings will examine specific studies. Introduction There is widespread acceptance the climate is changing and that humans are driving, at last part of, the change. As a consequence, it is normal for infrastructure projects to examine the potential impact of climate change and then adjust the design to take account of it. This involves developing a quantified timeline of the changes. So, in this and a series of following posts I am going to describe how to quantify the impact of climate change based on my experience in many parts of the world: Europe, Asia, the Pacific and Africa. The purpose of these po...