Scientific challenges in disaster risk reduction for the Sichuan–Tibet Railway
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Traversing the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, the Sichuan–Tibet Railway is by far the most difficult railway project in the world. The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau features the most active crustal dynamics on earth, the strongest coupling effects of endogenic and exogenic dynamics, and the environment most sensitive to global climate change. The project area is characterized by extremely cold climate, high elevation and relief, high seismic intensity, high geothermal activity, and high tectonic stress. Consequently, the threat of various disaster risks is ever-present at different stages of the entire life cycle of the Sichuan–Tibet Railway. There is urgent need to systematically study these problems at various levels…
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- 74.54
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- 100%
- References
- 184
Authors
20- PCPeng CuiCorresponding
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
- YGYonggang Ge
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment
- SLShaojun Li
Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics
- ZLZhenhong Li
Chang'an University
- XXXiwei Xu
National Institute of Hospital Administration
Topics & keywords
- China
- Environmental planning
- Plateau (mathematics)
- Bottleneck
- Work (physics)
- Geography
- Environmental resource management
- Risk analysis (engineering)
- Climate action