HENG Salpiseth, PhD Research Proposal
April 17, 2012
identify the relevant effects of climate change and the responses to the climate impact in the urban transport system. Journals, books, and other relevant international and national publications including the documents published by the Mekong River Committee (MRC), central government, local governments, universities, research institutes, private agencies as well as the documents from the Informal Donor Meetings on Climate Change in Cambodia, will be examined throughout the study. The review will include the analysis on the consideration of climate change effects on urban transport system in the current government’s policy and legislation. ASEAN agreements on disaster management and response exercises will be also studied. Questionnaire Design (May – Jun 2013), Field Survey and Interview (Sep – Oct 2013): The study will be complimented with designed questionnaires addressing to key stakeholders in the sectors of Climate Change and Transport. The stakeholder questionnaires are designed for selected urban transport network operators, central and local government authorities in Cambodia and GMS countries, donor community, and research institutions. The inquiry will be made on their research needs, adaptation responses and perceived barriers to how urban transport system are planned, designed, operated and maintained to address the effects of climate change. In the later part of the study, a qualitative survey will be done throughout the research with interviewing of key Cambodian government officials and donor representatives in Cambodia and the region (such as members of the Infrastructure and Regional Integration Technical Working Group, members of the Informal Donor Meeting on Climate Change, and members of the ASEAN land transport working group) on the perceptions of climate change effects on the urban transport system as well as their planned responses to cope with the future risks. The relevant responses from the interviewed recipients will be also taken into account to discuss on how projected climate impacts, climate variability, mitigations, and adaptation strategies need to be considered in transportation investment decisions. Existing Data collection and Processing (Jan – Dec 2013): Many existing up-to-date Cambodia’s data such as master plans and inventory of transport system including maps of road network, rail network, port and airport, population and economic census, socio-economic database, climate-related disaster historical data, master plan of energy sector including hydropower master plan, rainfall data, hydrological data, groundwater data, irrigation data …etc have been extensively collected and regularly updated. These data are to be also updated during the study period. Recent detail data and survey report of impact of flood 2011 on road transport infrastructure in Cambodia are also available for the research model testing. Risk analysis on urban transport system (Jan – March 2014): First, climate forcing and corresponding types of stress will be identified. Using GIS maps, at-risk geographic areas per climate scenarios will be analysed. A risk matrix approach to analyse the climate change effects and their relevant risks to all modes of the urban transport system will be used. Identification and prioritization of risks to each mode will be made. Using findings from the risk assessment, an analysis of key climate variables with potential for impacting design or operation will be made for each mode of the urban transport system. Assessment of vulnerability and hazard maps of road transport (April – June 2014): Spatial GIS mapped data of road transport networks will be used identify the transport assets currently affected by weather conditions. Vulnerability map of existing road network with assessment of sensitivity by facility, section or function will be defined. Page 4 of 5