Risk Management for the Earthquake and Tsunami of the Hanshin Expressway
Abstract eng: 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and followed tsunami desolated the coastal region of East Japan. Based on the experience of the large scale tsunami damage, road administrators in Japan are urgently preparing against tsunami impact. Hanshin expressway operates urban expressway network. Major part of the network runs through the Osaka bay area. Therefore the preparedness against tsunami inundation is one of the urgent demanded challenges in Hanshin expressway for quick recovery even in the flooded condition. Currently, Hanshin expressway designed the countermeasures for tsunami inundation. The countermeasures consist of; 1) Development of disaster countermeasure office that is safe from impact of tsunami inundation, 2) Upgrade of maintenance and patrol base station that ensure the function in the case of tsunami inundation, 3) Development of self-power supply system and redundant communication line, 4) Development of traffic control procedures for preventing casualties caused by the tsunami inundation, 5) Development of the procedures for evacuation of the drivers left on the expressway viaducts. This paper summarizes the key points of those countermeasures.
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16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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Santiago (CL)
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2017-01-09 / 2017-01-13
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