Vulnerability is a fundamental component of risk and its understanding is important for
characterising the reliability of infrastructure assets and systems and for mitigating risks. The …

Abstract The European CORDEX (EURO-CORDEX) initiative is a large voluntary effort that
seeks to advance regional climate and Earth system science in Europe. As part of the World …

Systematic biases in climate models hamper their direct use in impact studies and, as a
consequence, many statistical bias adjustment methods have been developed to calibrate …

Flooding is one of the most challenging weather-induced risks in urban areas. However, in a
climate change perspective, significant gaps can still be observed in literature addressing …

Electricity consumption is of interest both from the perspectives of adaptation to climate
change and emission reductions. This study examines the climatic impacts on residential …

Utility poles would collapse by their structural instability as well as time-dependent material
deterioration. Particularly, the moment carrying capacity of leaning poles would be …

The spatial visualization of current and future climate conditions is one key component for
assessing related impacts and risks in a given territory. A suitable combination of statistical …

Differential settlements can affect transition zones between bridges and road embankments
in countries where very compressible soft soil layers are widespread in the subsoil. The …

With economic growth and rising incomes, increasing consumption of fossil energy is
leading to environmental pollution and climate change, which requires increased innovative …

This work provides a significant contribution on the open debate in the climate community to
establish the added value of very high-resolution configurations, characterized by a …