Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses

Understanding the environmental impacts of road networks and the success of policy initiatives is crucial to a country’s socioeconomic development. In this study, we propose a comprehensive approach to quantitatively assessing whether a given response is effective in mitigating the impacts of enviro...

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Autores principales:	Jingyan Wu, Saini Yang, Feng Yang, Xihui Yin
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	disaster management loss quantification weather service sustainable transportation sustainability investment Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9a7c6c13c9114de09fc0b932c564d4222021-11-25T19:01:02ZRoad Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses10.3390/su1322124372071-1050https://doaj.org/article/9a7c6c13c9114de09fc0b932c564d4222021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12437https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Understanding the environmental impacts of road networks and the success of policy initiatives is crucial to a country’s socioeconomic development. In this study, we propose a comprehensive approach to quantitatively assessing whether a given response is effective in mitigating the impacts of environmental shocks on roads. Our approach includes factor analysis, direct and indirect loss quantification, and cost-benefit analysis. Using nationwide data on road malfunctions and weather service performance in China, we found that the macro-level indirect economic losses from road malfunctions were more than the direct losses in multiples ranging from 11 to 21, and that information provided by the weather service could reduce losses, with benefits exceeding costs by a ratio of 51. The results of our study provide a quantitative tool as well as evidence of the effectiveness of sustainability investment, which should provide guidance for future disaster mitigation, infrastructure system resilience, and sustainability-building policy-making.Jingyan WuSaini YangFeng YangXihui YinMDPI AGarticledisaster managementloss quantificationweather servicesustainable transportationsustainability investmentEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12437, p 12437 (2021)
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spellingShingle	disaster management loss quantification weather service sustainable transportation sustainability investment Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Jingyan Wu Saini Yang Feng Yang Xihui Yin Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses
description	Understanding the environmental impacts of road networks and the success of policy initiatives is crucial to a country’s socioeconomic development. In this study, we propose a comprehensive approach to quantitatively assessing whether a given response is effective in mitigating the impacts of environmental shocks on roads. Our approach includes factor analysis, direct and indirect loss quantification, and cost-benefit analysis. Using nationwide data on road malfunctions and weather service performance in China, we found that the macro-level indirect economic losses from road malfunctions were more than the direct losses in multiples ranging from 11 to 21, and that information provided by the weather service could reduce losses, with benefits exceeding costs by a ratio of 51. The results of our study provide a quantitative tool as well as evidence of the effectiveness of sustainability investment, which should provide guidance for future disaster mitigation, infrastructure system resilience, and sustainability-building policy-making.
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title	Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses
title_short	Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses
title_full	Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses
title_fullStr	Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses
title_full_unstemmed	Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses
title_sort	road weather monitoring system shows high cost-effectiveness in mitigating malfunction losses
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Road Weather Monitoring System Shows High Cost-Effectiveness in Mitigating Malfunction Losses

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