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5 september 2021

Transportation Network

This set contains two exercises regarding the measuring performance and reconstructing transportation networks. i. Resilience and Recovery of Transportation Network (assignment) ii. Reconstructing a Road Network after Disasters (modelling exercise)

Nazli Yonca Aydin

1 januari 2019

Resilience and recovery of transportation network

This assignment concerns: Identify measure of performance for a road network recovery Analyze the transportation network recovery after disasters The resources include a research paper on this subject. The research paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.07.022

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Nazli Yonca Aydin

1 juni 2022

Justice in Transportation. The cases of Uber and OV ChipKaart

This exercise will look at justice and equity concerning Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) in transportation through specific theories of justice and compare two technological innovations (Uber and OV ChipKaart) in the classroom. The ethical implications of these innovations will be debated in order to make conscious decisions about fair systems of mobility.

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Filippo Santoni de Sio, Miranda Nell

5 oktober 2020

Tsunamis in Tokyo

This study is a research focused on the impact of the tsunami on multiple subsystems of Tokyo city such as transportation, buildings, sanitation, ecosystem, etc. In this report, solution strategies of the shock and stress including reinforcing technologies, coastal forests, forecasting, and reconstruction are also discussed. Ethical implications and monitoring needs are included as well.

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Yuhao Wu

5 oktober 2020

Power outage in Rotterdam

In the second largest city of the Netherlands, Rotterdam, a power outage could have serious implications on its 600 thousand inhabitants. Additionally, a power outage could result in serious economical implications considering the port of Rotterdam is the biggest sea port of Europe. A large scale power outage in San Diego in 2011 was taken as a case study to investigate the possible effects in Rotterdam. The case study showed that the ‘lifelines’ affected the most were transportation and communication. Similarly, a power outage in Rotterdam would likely cause severe traffic jams due to faulty traffic lights and the communication networks would not be able to handle the load which results in inability to reach emergency services. Healthwise, power outages might cause harm in many ways such as wastewater spills and faulty back up generators in hospitals. Proposed solutions include preventing the most likely cause of a power outage in Rotterdam: damage to the power grid and investments into alternative energy sources that are distributed via a different path than the power grid.

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Solee van Roon

5 oktober 2020

Air Pollution in Tokyo

This report investigates the effect of air pollution on Tokyo. The global effects of air pollution on human health and environment are mentioned. Next, the historical context and current status of air pollution in Tokyo are mentioned and evaluated. The most impacted sector is identified, and projections are made how these effects will develop under climate change until 2050. In addition, the current ethical consequences of the presence of the shock are identified. Next, different solution strategies are found and evaluated, including policy based and technological solutions. Technologies mentioned are hydrogen and urban vegetation. Policies include increased laws and regulations, or increased investment in public transport. Lastly, the ethical consequences of these solutions strategies are mentioned, as well as the resources needed for monitoring of the effectiveness of these solution strategies. A potential stress is the increased negative effect on human health by the deterioration the air quality, making people unable to breath the air in the most affected areas. The most present solution strategies include lowering the amount of exhaust fumes, lowering the amount of air pollutants released by industrial activity, and the capture of already present pollutants by urban vegetation.

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Sjoerd Heegstra

2 februari 2021

Freedom and Safety in Transportation: Speed controls and other techno-regulation in driving

This case focuses on Jilles Smids’ paper “The Moral Case for Intelligent Speed Adaptation” (2015) to explore whether techno-regulations (like cars that prevent drivers from speeding) should be used to promote public values like health and safety, to what extent they are in contrast with individual freedom, whether such techno-regulations are morally acceptable, and why or why not.

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Filippo Santoni de Sio, Andrea Gammon

5 oktober 2020

Earthquakes in Santiago

This trend report investigates the resilience of the city of Santiago de Chile against the shock of earthquakes. Chile is situated on the Ring of Fire and has experienced frequent earthquakes for centuries. Moreover, the recently recognised active fault, the San Ramón Fault which runs along the eastern limits of Santiago will test the city’s resilience against frequent and often powerful earthquakes. Since Santiago has experienced a rapid urbanisation there are several critical infrastructures that could be severely damaged in the event of an earthquake such as residential areas, hospitals or transport networks. Furthermore, should a fatal earthquake occur it could also cause a major economic stress on the government and the inhabitants of the city. To increase the city’s resilience in order to adapt to the shock there are solution strategies that could be implemented, such as more efficient emergency management, stricter construction regulations and reinforcement of weak buildings. Further reduction of inequality gap would have a positive feedback as well as implementing the risk of earthquakes in the earliest stages of urban planning. The first part of this trend report will explain the mechanisms behind earthquakes and why Santiago is exposed to frequent seismic activity. Further, the effects of the earthquakes on the city will be described where the focus is on the vulnerable parts of the urban network and other critical infrastructure. Then, several solutions strategies will be identified, as well as recommendations for further reading.

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Julia Rudlang

25 november 2016

08. What made industrial production possible?

Video about the question 'What made industrial production possible?' The industrial revolution was the transformation in the production and transportation of material goods.It started about 250 years ago in England with the invention of the steam engine. During a relatively short period of time the world changed more thourougly than thousands of years before. How to explain the beginnings of this revolution? You need some basic conditions. What were they?

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Nico Wilterdink, Esther Quaedackers

5 oktober 2020

Heatwaves in Tokyo

This report discussed the heatwave shocks happening in Japan and the corresponding solution to the shocks. Heatwaves in Tokyo usually happen in summertime and causes great damage to human health, urban transportation and contributes to power shortage. Citizens especially the aged group suffer a lot from the heat-related diseases and the government faces great challenge to solve the shock. Still, possible solutions exist. First the government need to mitigate global warming by increasing urban green area and cut down carbon emission. Second, citizens need to learn how to deal with the heatwaves. The effects of heatwaves can be mitigated by joint effort of the government and the citizens.

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Hao Liu