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Flood Disaster Resilient Bridge Structures For Sustainable Bridge Management Systems, Alper Durmus
Flood Disaster Resilient Bridge Structures For Sustainable Bridge Management Systems, Alper Durmus
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Extreme weather events are occurring at an increasing ferocity and frequency. Floods are the most comand damaging natural disaster. More than 4,400 occurrences of flood disasters have been reported globally between 1900 and 2016. As a result, around seven million people were killed and millions more were displaced. Climate impacts are expected to intensify weather related flooding events, and sea level rise expected worldwide will increase the risk of coastal disasters. Transportation infrastructure, vital to the economy and society of every country, is especially prone to the inland and coastal floods. Bridge structures are under the constant threat of these …